Chris Cadogan

According to the UK Business Consortium, 78% of consumers said they were more likely to purchase from a company that supports and engages in activities to improve society. This incentivizing fact has prompted the proliferation of a practice…
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If you were to Google almost anything involving the country of Venezuela as of March, I almost guarantee an article that will appear is the New York Times' "Why I Am Running for President of Venezuela" by Henri Falcón. The piece is hopeful,…
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Machismo. Noun. A strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity. This term has been tied to Spanish and Portuguese societies for years as a defining factor in gender relations, often to negative effects. Feminists such as…
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“I fight for the freedom of the country, for a better tomorrow,” stated Óscar Alberto Pérez, Venezuelan nationalist and rebel, moments before his death at the hands of the Venezuelan National Guard. “The fear of dying is what I have least…
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"They're hunting! The people are hungry" is the cry heard from a jarring video posted by Venezuelan congressman Carlos Paperoni on social media last week, a video depicting a Venezuelan mob beating a cow to death amid violent protests.…
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In the post-World War II era, Europe was divided by what Winston Churchill proclaimed as an “iron curtain,” a barrier between the West and the East, one safeguarded by the capital West and the other ‘captured’ by the communist Soviet Union.…
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For the past decade, Venezuela has been in a continuous downward spiral, with intense supply shortages, political unrest, and humanitarian erasure. To pinpoint a singular cause of these problems, however, seems difficult. Some point to the…
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In 1527, Spanish conquistador Juan Martínez de Ampiés sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to help establish one of the most eminent Spanish colonies, known as the Province of Caracas (also known as the Province of Venezuela). For about 300…
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Throughout 2016, the United States' presidential election featured vehement debates regarding the future of America. From immigration policies to abortion laws, no subject was left uncontested. Nevertheless, few topics seemed more heated…
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To many, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela exist in totally separate worlds. One is a desert-covered Arab nation, dominated by Sunni Islam and a conservative absolute monarchy. The other is a tropical Latin American country framed by a…
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As reported by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), worldwide displacement has hit an all-time high. With instances like the Syrian War and the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, it is clear as to why people are fleeing their home nations with such…
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According to the United States Federal Reserve, the ideal inflation rate in a given year is  2%. However, in Venezuela, they may have just missed that mark, with a current inflation rate of 720%. For Venezuelans, it costs about…
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Merely seventeen years ago, Venezuela was riding high. Latin America's largest exporter of oil was met with soaring world oil prices. Venezuela's economy underwent five years of substantial growth under new political leadership. Venezuela…
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