Staff / TruthdigApr 2, 2014
An 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit near Chile's Pacific coast Tuesday, triggering tsunami waves of more than two meters and warnings for people in Chile, Peru and Ecuador to flee immediately to higher ground. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 7, 2014
In a second program Friday, "Democracy Now!" hosts a debate on who is protesting in Venezuela and why. Margarita López Maya, a Venezuelan historian and political analyst with the Center for Development Studies at the Central University of Venezuela, engages Roberto Lovato, a writer with New American Media who recently returned from reporting in Caracas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 6, 2014
Pictures of police brutality supposedly from protests in Venezuela are spreading all over social media, but they may not have been taken in the South American country; an average-sized healthy version of a Barbie doll is being developed; meanwhile, the worst revelation Edward Snowden made is that the U.S. government is trying to discredit political activists. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 6, 2014
The anti-government unrest rocking Venezuela shows no sign of letting up, with the demonstrations and violence now spreading beyond the capital to provincial cities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMar 4, 2014
Isabel Allende, not to be confused with the Chilean writer who also goes by that name, will hold the same seat her father did before he became the first Marxist president in South America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 24, 2014
As clashes between government forces and protesters in Venezuela continued through the weekend, civilians took sides in rival marches held Saturday, each pointing to the other as the catalyst of the country's recent wave of unrest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 22, 2014
"Tonight, Venezuela is seeing a spasm of violence that’s unlike anything the country has experienced since 1989," blogger Audrey M. Dacosta wrote from Caracas on Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 22, 2014
Failing to win a mandate from Venezuelans in elections over the last few years, the leaders of the country's mainstream, U.S.-backed opposition are exploiting discontent among the population in an effort to topple the democratically elected government, sociologist Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya writes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 17, 2014
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has appeared in a video asking his fellow citizens to join him in a march Tuesday to demand an end to a government crackdown that followed last week's deadly protests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 14, 2014
A week of protests in Venezuela resulted in the deaths of three people and more than 20 injured Wednesday, leaving President Nicolas Maduro in a struggle to restrain discontent among opposition groups and radical elements of his Chavista movement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 13, 2014
Despite Nancy Pelosi, minority leader of the House of Representatives, personally telling the "Daily Show" host that only Republicans are swayed by money, Stewart has a few examples in the shape of ambassador nominees that prove otherwise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 11, 2014
A federal judge sentenced a former Guatemalan Army officer to the maximum 10 years in prison Monday for immigration crimes, ruling that the ex-commando obtained U.S. citizenship by concealing his role in the massacre of 250 men, women and children in a Guatemalan village in 1982. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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