Venezuela Assassination Attempt: Maduro Survives but Journalism Doesn’t
Ricardo Vaz from IvestigAction Venezuela was rocked this past Saturday by an attempted assassination of President Nicolas Maduro, during a public event, using drones armed with explosives. But as more details...
Venezuelan elections: chavismo still in power, US still belligerent, media still dishonest
by Ricardo Vaz from InvestigAction In a climate of dire economic war/crisis and foreign aggression, Venezuelans took to the polls to elect their president and regional legislative councils. Chavismo...
“Colombia is safe for business, but not for people”: interview with Daniel Kovalik
Murders of trade unionists and social leaders, paramilitary activity, coca production...If we only paid attention to the mainstream media we would not get the idea that these problems are...
RussiaDidIt: cheap meddling, closet Marxists and racial tensions
Are you a western journalist or analyst with an issue you cannot explain? Do your symptoms include an unwillingness to learn anything from history and an unconditional embrace of...
Venezuela Regional Elections: chavismo in triumph, opposition in disarray and media in denial
As the President of the Venezuelan Electoral Commission (CNE) read the results from the regional elections that took place on Sunday, October 15, one could feel the agony in...
Venezuela elections: resurgent chavismo and “unrecognised” democracy
After weeks of imperialist threats and opposition violence, the elections for the Constituent Assembly (ANC) in Venezuela took place on July 30th. The result was a massive...
The Guardian’s propaganda on Venezuela: all you need to know
With the Constituent Assembly elections due to take place on July 30th, the Guardian published a piece titled “Venezuela elections: all you need to know”. But instead of breaking...
Venezuelan opposition “consultation”: playing alone and losing
by Ricardo Vaz from InvestigAction.net Sunday, July 16, was a significant day in Venezuela’s political history. The right-wing opposition MUD, backed by the United States, threw all its weight...
State Dept.: “Bad guy did bad things, we saw it from space”
by Ricardo Vaz from InvestigAction After the previous hit singles, “Russia hack 2016: take our word for it” and “Assad used sarin: bomb first, never ask questions”, US government...
Fake news about Venezuela: a simple recipe
by Ricardo Vaz, from InvestigAction “Journalists” who want to write fake news about Venezuela, or about any other country or group that dares to stand up to US imperialism,...
Libyan Labels: a journey through the Guardian’s coverage of the Libyan disaster
In this analysis we examine Libya’s recent history looking through the eyes of the Guardian, the flagship of liberal western outlets, and its reporting. As with most other western...
CIA, FBI and NSA produce joint report, jointly prove nothing
by Ricardo Vaz, originally published at Invesig’Action The recent hysteria surrounding Russia’s alleged interference with the November presidential elections saw another episode after an intelligence report, jointly elaborated by...
