Scrappy Venezuela newspaper drops print edition

A scrappy, independent newspaper in Venezuela that never shied from fights with the country’s powerful socialist leaders circulated its last print edition Thursday, but its staff of reporters and editors aren’t declaring defeat. Launched in 2000 by a former leftist guerrilla fighter, Tal Cual will continue to tell stories of the country’s tumultuous times as an internet-only publication. It’s 26-year-old editor, Luisa Quintero, said she views the changing platform as a reinvention — not a step backward. “This country doesn’t give us time to mourn,” Quintero said. “We won’t have paper, but we’re going to keep working.” More…