Chavismo’s grassroots no longer just dissent from an anti-popular ruling elite, but they are also becoming targets of repression. Can they turn into a real opposition force?
Martha Lía Grajales spoke out against police violence in Caracas’ slums before joining the struggle for political prisoners. Her forced disappearance sparked a dilemma in the ruling elite
The FANB could play a tutelary role in a transition even if chavismo leaves power, with a high command seeking to preserve its status and privileges before a new government and the United States
Late-stage chavismo is cracking down on everything socialists are supposed to be fond of
“Nicolás Maduro turned to Provea in 1993, when his job position was threatened due to his union activity in the Caracas metro” —Rafael Uzcátegui
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Chavismo easily blinded some progressives and made them accomplices of its propaganda wars, thanks to shallow perspectives inherited from Cold War fanaticism
This is the story of how a Twitterzuela conspiracy theory became the cornerstone of U.S. immigration policy
The novel by Adriano González León that won the Biblioteca Breve Prize in 1968 gathered the political subjects and the experimental tools of its era, and yet continues to be a very powerful literary experience
If Maduro & Co. were to leave power, a fragmented opposition with no clear agenda could leave us with a deadlocked parliament—or a Bukele-style leader forcing reforms at any cost
Building true bottom-up power in this new era requires discarding misleading notions of democracy and returning to fundamental practices
Maduro struck quite a deal with Donald Trump: he released a few political prisoners, left key dissidents behind bars, and got Chevron back on Venezuelan soil #NowWhatVenezuela
