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Caridad’s Diary

Caridad's Diary 

Living off 1 USD Per Month in Venezuela

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Caridad 6 Comments

How to explain that the minimum wage in a country is one dollar a month and that it’s been like this for several years? How do people get by?

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The Circus Is Coming to All Venezuela

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Caridad 0 Comments

In spite of what everybody knows is just a farse: elections will be held in Venezuela on December 6th. Yes my readers the circus is coming…

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Terribly Alone

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Caridad 0 Comments

Historically there are different repressive groups in Venezuela. Nicolas Maduro’s government formed its own repressive group: the FAES.

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Diary of a Day in Venezuela

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Caridad 2 Comments

Caridad brings us her dairy of a typical day in Venezuela where people are not only dealing with Covid-19 but also persistent blackouts.

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The Agony of Venezuela

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 Caridad 3 Comments

To live in Venezuela without falling ill with hatred, you have to have great willpower, and a Cuban degree in that ability doesn’t hurt.

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Can a Cuban Author Self-Publish their Work?

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Caridad 2 Comments

While the world seems to be dancing like a dog with lice: feet up in the air and wriggling against the floor, I finished writing a book.

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Someone is laughing at Venezuelans…

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Caridad 2 Comments

Those who know Havana would never believe that a spokesperson would wake them up with the news of the annihilation of a mercenary invasion.

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The Cat and Mouse Game in Venezuela

April 29, 2020 Caridad 0 Comments

Venezuela’s glorious Boliviarian government has finally taken hold of the reins of the catastrophic situation that the national economy has sunken into.

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What Paralyzed Venezuela Wasn’t Covid-19

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Caridad 2 Comments

A little more than 15 days have elapsed after the quarantine in Venezuela was decreed. A quarantine in a country where there is very little production…

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Venezuela, Official Hysteria

March 20, 2020 Caridad 0 Comments

Fear is the emotion that controls every human reaction and behavior in general. Now, talking about Coronavirus isn’t a synonym of fear, but terror.

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