The Big Brother in Your Pocket

How Technology Became a Weapon of Social Control in Venezuela By Indira Guerrero Caracas (Venezuela).– A complete technological platform implemented by Nicolás Maduro’s government in the Caribbean nation allows for the surveillance of voters, their needs, and their location. It is a web of information to which Venezuelan citizens connect voluntarily and in broad daylight, all arranged on the back of an identity document distributed … Continue reading The Big Brother in Your Pocket

The General’s Confession

  Venezuela’s Defense Minister Caracas (Venezuela).– Outside, Caracas smells of tear gas, thirty-five days of protests have passed, thirty-five people are dead, and the main highway is a daily battlefield. But in here, inside the office of the Minister of Defense, the air conditioning freezes reality. Everything is silent. Everything is in order. Sitting across from the table is Vladimir Padrino López, the man who … Continue reading The General’s Confession