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Schrödinger's Tyranny

In theory, the dictatorship is both alive and dead. To deal with this uncertainty, the democratic leadership must stop depending on a single person and face the regime with much more than faith

Jeudiel Martínez January 17, 2025

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Now What Venezuela: Maduro Wants Constitutional Reform—For What Exactly?

Without a constituent assembly, constitutional amendments loom to block political opposition and solidify repression

Caracas Chronicles January 16, 2025

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The Forced Disappearance of Carlos Correa

This journalist and human rights activist spent more than 200 hours isolated before his conditional release, sounding several alarms over the rising risks faced by NGOs and independent media amid escalating state violence

Caracas Chronicles January 15, 2025

The opposition faces uncertainty again as chavismo seeks to normalize its grip on power. The streets appear calm after Maduro’s inauguration on Jan. 1oth

🫓 🌎 pic.twitter.com/uImqqUb4SL
— Caracas Chronicles (@CaracasChron) January 12, 2025

🫓🇳🇱🇫🇷🇮🇹 Statement from Maduro’s Foreign Ministry: The Netherlands, France and Italy must cut their diplomatic staff to just 3 reps.

Diplomats from these countries will now require written authorization to travel more than 40km from Bolívar Square in the Caracas city centre.
— Caracas Chronicles (@CaracasChron) January 14, 2025

BREAKING: The Biden administration is expected to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, according to U.S. officials familiar with matter. https://t.co/tUZWN6c2wJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 14, 2025

Edmundo González left the Dominican Republic today for an unknown destination#Venezuela https://t.co/1U3ucm22eS
— CNW (@ConflictsW) January 14, 2025

🫓 For the record: This is a reconstruction of the events that took place on Thursday, January 9th after the opposition protest in Caracas. This is what we have so far, including information dug by #lahoradevenezuela. pic.twitter.com/Cq4yJ19pJM
— Caracas Chronicles (@CaracasChron) January 13, 2025

🔴 Jorge Rodríguez advirtió que no van a dialogar con actores de la oposición que estén promoviendo la agenda de la intolerancia, del fascismo, ni de la muerte.

🗣️ “El diálogo debe ser entre demócratas”. Dijo.

📌 Vía:@Asamblea_Ven pic.twitter.com/RJbWOWYhwc
— 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖 (@polianalitica) January 14, 2025

Jorge Rodríguez convened members of Maduro’s potemkin opposition, including former presidential candidate Luis Eduardo Martínez—who garnered just 0.79% of the vote on July 28.

Rodríguez proposed a “dialogue among democrats” to organize mega-elections in 2025, combining regional and parliamentary contests.

BREAKING:

Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe calls for international military intervention to end the Maduro regime.

Via @MariaFdaCabal

🇨🇴🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/Rrl6BI3N60
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 11, 2025

Water is wet. Leopoldo López echoed Uribe in a tweet: “After going through ALL avenues, including winning an election with 70% of the votes, this proposal must be seriously considered.

“I dare say that the vast majority of Venezuelans agree.”

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