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Blackouts Return to Venezuela

Ungodly blackouts have returned, making the Venezuelan people’s lives difficult, already being hit by the shameless economic policy…

The other day I ventured to the La Rampa movie theater. I arrived after walking quite a few blocks under the scorching afternoon sun.

This year, the harvest has been a bumper crop. Mango tree branches are breaking into segments because they can’t carry the weight.

To Putin’s advantage, ordinary Cubans aren’t as much interested in freedom and sovereignty as in getting some relief from their shortages.

If the country was living in a paradise, how can you explain the fact that hundreds of thousands of Cubans left this Eden?

I woke up ready to take on the day. I could hear the sound of water falling from my elevated tank outside. “How strange,” I thought…

Not that power outages had died out, like the huge reptiles of the past. Power cuts were always sticking their heads out of our windows…

I’ve been observing this phenomenon, a kind of false prophecy that has been doing the rounds since 1959, when this nightmare began.

He bought lots of mills belonging to US owners because he felt that Cubans should be in control of the country.

Last week, I told you that I was getting paid to stand watch over people’s places in line at the gas station in their cars.