Naomi Schiller

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A Liberalism of Fear

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A Liberalism of Fear

For more than a decade, I have been doing research with Venezuelan community media activists who were aligned with the late Hugo Chávez and his Bolivarian revol... More

Protests and Polarization in Venezuela After Chávez

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Protests and Polarization in Venezuela After Chávez

February 2014—less than a year after the death of President Hugo Chávez—marked the beginning of a series of protests that raised important questions about the f... More

Life After Hugo Chávez

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Life After Hugo Chávez

Whether cast as authoritarian strongman or brilliant revolutionary, Hugo Chávez and the movement he led undeniably transformed the socio-political terrain of Ve... More

Battles over Press Freedom in Venezuela

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Battles over Press Freedom in Venezuela

For over a decade, we have witnessed a procession of well-publicized reports about the demise of press freedom in Venezuela. Most recently, accusations that the... More