There are lots of good reasons for chavismo to want to rush a presidential vote: Getting ahead of a worsening economy. Taking advantage of a listless opposition. Playing on opposition splits. Leveraging our distrust of elections.
Chavismo spent 20 years making people dependent on Papá Gobierno, then it ran out of money. How does loyalty work in times of hunger?
Last week, the government forced supermarkets to sell out their stocks at huge discounts. Now those shelves are empty and you can forget about restocks.
In a wide-ranging interview, Angel Alvarado shines a light on how opposition parliamentarians think about the economic cataclysm Venezuela faces.
It's become tradition: each year he growls and drums his fingers thinking of how he’ll keep Christmas from coming to Venezuela. What does the Grinch have in store this time? Anabella Abadi wrote this post on November 6 this year, and it's prophetic. Down to the children-kidnapping bit.
Secrecy has been a tacit policy of chavismo for years. Now, the National Assembly might have found a way to, maybe not break it, but at least disrupt it.
After a lot of back and forth, the Venezuelan government just admitted that it cannot provide new passports for its people. The reason is as sad as it is predictable.
It has become tradition: each year he growls and drums his fingers thinking of how he’ll keep Christmas from coming to Venezuela. What does the Grinch have in store this time?
Venezuelans are supposed to have a Constitutional right to information, and if our own institutions won’t make good on it, maybe our friends on 19th Street can help.
I’ve known him since I was little, always cheery, always warm, and now he’s hiding a suffering greater than any of us can know.
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