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    • Chavez supporters at a sports event.
      Post-Orwellian Venezuela
      by Israel Centeno / February 4, 2013

      Israel Centeno argues that Venezuela under Chávez purposely spreads disinformation in order to make the “masses act in accordance with pre-figured scenarios.”

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      The New Man in Front of the New TV (Spanish Text)
      by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo / February 4, 2013

      Though Cuba has allowed the live broadcasting of foreign network TeleSur, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo ponders how long this will continue uncensored.

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      The New Man in Front of the New TV
      by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo / February 4, 2013

      Though Cuba has allowed the live broadcasting of foreign network TeleSur, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo ponders how long this will continue uncensored.

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    • "Who is Fidel?" "That's him there!" Photo: Sinfronio.
      El Comandante is Dead: ¡Viva El Comandante! (Spanish Text)
      by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo / January 21, 2013

      As Hugo Chavez’s health deteriorates, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo speculates on how Cuba and its citizens would survive without Venezuelan subsidies.

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    • "Who is Fidel?" "That's him there!" Photo: Sinfronio.
      El Comandante is Dead: Viva El Comandante
      by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo / January 21, 2013

      As Hugo Chavez’s health deteriorates, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo speculates on how Cuba and its citizens would survive without Venezuelan subsidies.

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    • Bolshoi Theatre, in Moscow, is home to the Bolshoi Ballet Troupe and part of Russia's contemporary arts scene. Photo: Kwong Yee Cheng
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / January 19, 2013

      This week: the case against Aaron Swartz, Somalia’s dangerous reputation for journalists, and Beijing’s propaganda workers to start microblogs.

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    • Under Chávez: Media harassed with online hacking, phone tapping and censorship
      Slideshow: Most-Read Articles of 2012
      by Sampsonia Way / January 2, 2013

      Our featured articles cover the work and experiences of writers from all over the world. Sampsonia Way looks back at the most read articles of 2012.

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    • Jose Antonio Ramos Sucre
      José Antonio Ramos Sucre: Three Short Stories
      by Sampsonia Way / December 19, 2012

      Sampsonia Way presents a series of books recommended by our Fearless Ink. writers. José Antonio Ramos Sucre, Selected Works was chosen by Venezuelan writer Israel Centeno.

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    • The Tarot card 'The Tower.' Creative Commons.
      Israel Centeno: The Tower Overturned
      by Israel Centeno / November 28, 2012

      Sampsonia Way presents an exclusive excerpt from Israel Centeno’s novel La Torre Invertida, which is currently being translated into English.

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    • Graffiti from Buenos Aires
      In the Mirror, Left and Right Meet
      by Israel Centeno / November 6, 2012

      In this week’s Night Watch, writer Israel Centeno examines the importance of discourse on the modernization of the Latin American states.

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