Blog de Valentina Oropeza
A Moment of “Pause”
How much does Washington’s word weigh on human rights in Venezuela? I asked Juanita Goebertus Estrada, Director of the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch, after the organization’s first official visit to Venezuela in 18 years.
“The Time Machine”
In the Venezuelan prison Rodeo I there is a place known as “the time machine”. It is a “hermetic underground cistern”, where detainees are forced to “remain naked and in absolute darkness” for days or even three months, according to the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela.
“I Couldn’t Take Another Step”
The documentary The Lost Migrant Searchers in the Sonoran Desert won an Emmy two years ago in the category of Outstanding Report in Spanish.
“It’s Shaking Again”
Daniela Villarroel, a rescue worker who spent 18 days in La Guaira, recounts her experience while working in Venezuela.
“They Were Not Figures. They Were Neighbors”
When Susana Raffalli Arismendi visited La Guaira for the first time after the earthquakes, she was surprised to discover that the most vulnerable areas had been the least affected.
“We’re just grateful to be alive”
Here’s my contribution to the BBC News Mundo newsletter for this Friday, June 26—two days after the earthquakes in Venezuela…
