Tag: venezuela
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#MorningMonarchy: July 20, 2016
Lead water, Veep Vilsack and cow butts + this day in history w/Man on the Moon and our song of the day by Deerhoof on your Morning Monarchy for July 20, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: June 6, 2016
Presidential sElections, neolib fail and war crime airlines + this day in history w/’Tetris’ and our song of the day by Sonny and the Sunsets on your Morning Monarchy for June 6, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 25, 2016
Toxic substances, poison hemlock and human meat + this day in history w/Hands Across America and our song of the day by Leyya on your Morning Monarchy for May 25, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 18, 2016
Prescription gardening, magic mushrooms and surplus cheese and + this day in history w/Mount St. Helens eruption and our song of the day by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on your Morning Monarchy for May 18, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 9, 2016
Brexit panic, error drills and spy kids + this day in history w/Schuman Declaration and our song of the day by Elephant Revival on your Morning Monarchy for May 9, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 1, 2016
Israel pressure, Yemen crises and Venezuela collapse + this day in history w/Voice Of America and our song of the day by Tortoise on your Morning Monarchy for February 1, 2016.
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Fingerprints for Food: Venezuela’s New Plan to Keep Shelves Stocked
from miamiherald.com: Call it fingerprints for food. In the latest effort to keep shelves stocked in Venezuela, the government on Tuesday will begin registering the biometric information of customers who use state-run grocery stores. President Nicolás Maduro says the measure will prevent hoarding and help keep price-controlled food from being resold for a profit on…
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Protests Rage in Venezuela, One Month On
from cnn.com: It’s been a month since violent clashes between opposition demonstrators and government forces in Venezuela first grabbed global attention. Since then, at least 23 people have been killed, according to the latest government tally. The tally did not specify whether the deaths occurred among demonstrators or government forces, or both. Protests rage on,…
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In Venezuela, It’s The President Who Changes the Channels
from miamiherald.com: In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro controls the TV remote. A week after he turned off Colombian television station NTN24, he threatened to pull the plug on CNN. “They want to show the world that there’s a civil war in Venezuela,” Maduro told a cheering audience Thursday night. “CNN, get out of Venezuela, enough…
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Venezuela’s Internet Crackdown Escalates into Regional Blackout
from EFF.org: For the last month, Venezuela has been caught up in widespread protests against its government. The Maduro administration has responded by cracking down on what it claims as being foreign interference online. As that social unrest has escalated, the state’s censorship has widened: from the removal of television stations from cable networks, to…
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Venezuela’s Anti-Government Protests Turn Violent
from source: Venezuelan security forces fired rubber bullets into the air to break up a crowd of violent activists following the largest protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s government since he was re-elected almost a year ago. A group of about 100 mostly student demonstrators, many of them covering their faces, launched fragments of concrete sidewalks…



