Journalist · Writer · Columnist
María Denisse Fanianos de Capriles
For several years she wrote a weekly column in the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal about the daily life of Venezuelans: family, faith, those who leave and those who stay. Her columns are gathered here.
Where to start
Three columns to get to know her
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Our Mission Is Here
Not long ago, my ten-year-old daughter was listening to some people talk about the lack of safety in the country. They were weighing the possibility of going to live somewhere else, and my daughter surprised everyone by…
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Can We Venezuelans Be Happy?
Some will think that at this point in our history it is impossible to answer this question with a yes. And yet we have seen happiness in others, and we have felt it ourselves, living here and overcoming the thousands of…
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“Don’t Leave”
When I wrote my article “I Understand Why You Leave… But,” I never imagined I would receive so many emails about those lines, or for so long.
Her book
Can You Be Happy in Venezuela?
Faith, Hope and Joy from a Mother Who Chose to Stay
A selection of her El Universal columns from 2011 to 2015, arranged in eight chapters. A book about joy, solidarity, service and hope. First published in Spanish as ¿Se puede ser feliz en Venezuela?