Venezuela: Today’s roundup

Blogs:
My article at Da Tech Guy’s Blog: Venezuela: “We must become the media”

No Mas Democracia
The arrest of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez exposes Venezuela’s Potemkin democracy and Hugo Chavez’s poisonous legacy

Making sense of Leopoldo Lopez’s arrest in Venezuela

MADURO MADNESS

Venezuela’s Plunging Petroleum Production

Venezuela Verifies Hayek on Exchange Controls

Crickets from White House as Venezuelans Risk All to Throw Out the Chavistas

Beauty queen Genesis Carmona died today from a gunshot wound to the head while participating in the protests #PrayForVenezuela #SOSVenezuela

— Camila Rivera (@thecamilarivera) February 19, 2014

News:
Venezuelans gather for Lopez hearingLeopoldo Lopez is escorted by the national guard into a vehicle after he turned himself in, during a demonstration in Caracas, on February 18, 2014
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez are demonstrating in Caracas ahead of his scheduled court hearing.

Venezuela tense as opposition leader goes to court

Will Venezuela abandon Chavismo? Not if Cuba gets its way.

Catholic priest beaten Padre José Palmar fue golpeado en Plaza República de Maracaibo

Students tortured Foro Penal Venezolano: Estudiantes detenidos recibieron torturas y violaciones a DDHH

Bolivian legislators denounce Venezuela’s human rights abuses to the OAS.

Humor, in Spanish: