internet censorship, maduro regime, venezuela
Marianne Díaz Hernández, a lawyer from Venezuela, has received the Human Rights Hero award at the RightsCon 2019 summit held in Tunis. She was given the award for heading advocate groups against the ruling Maduro regime’s policies that restricted personal freedoms, including free access to the Internet. Defending Internet freedom Ten years ago, Díaz began ...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has lambasted the Chinese government for supporting the oppressive Maduro regime in Venezuela, accusing Beijing of pushing the Latin American country into chaos. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government is reportedly increasing its military headcount. Chinese involvement in Venezuela “China’s bankrolling of the Maduro regime helped to precipitate and prolong ...
The political crisis in Venezuela is making Beijing so nervous that it is cracking down on Twitter users who post any information on the matter. Though Twitter is banned in China, some access the social media website using VPNs. These users are now getting targeted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Cracking down on the ...
With several U.S. Democrats asking to implement socialist policies in the country, President Donald Trump made a strong statement that America will never accept socialism. He made the declaration during his 2019 State of the Union address. America and socialism “Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in ...
Right now, Venezuela has two presidents. The one in power, Nicolas Maduro, is known for his dictatorial tendencies and enjoys support from Russia and China. The one seeking power, Juan Guaidó, is the leader of the opposition party and came into the limelight only a few weeks ago when he declared himself the interim president ...
Venezuela has adopted China’s Social Credit System, which is an example of what happens when an authoritarian government gets tech savvy. The system basically puts the entire billion-plus population of China under government control, with officials determining which citizens should be given loans, train passes, special privileges, and so on. Citizens who have negative scores ...
When Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president of the country, he was challenging the oppressive rule of the current administration led by Nicolas Maduro. While the U.S. and most of the Latin American nations announced their support of Guaidó, Russia and China chose to support dictatorial Maduro to preserve their own self-interests. ...
The self-declared interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaidó has proposed an offer of amnesty to the ruling President Nicolas Maduro and the country’s armed forces if they peacefully step down from power and help transition the nation into a democracy. Guaidó currently enjoys the support of the U.S. and a number of its allies. Installing ...