The Thing Everyone Seems to Agree On: Elections in Venezuela are Rigged
Some things are axiomatic truths. The sun rises in the East. Tequeños are not mozzarella sticks. Elections in Venezuela are rigged.
The Revolving Door of Normalized Oppression
It’s easy to lose sight of just how vicious the dictatorship can be when it decides that you're next. You are left completely without recourse. Try it on for size.
What Fraud Looks Like
Eleven pictures are worth one word: Fraud. Here's a side-by-side comparison of every sketchy Bolivar machine tally that MUD has processed so far —more are on the way— and the tampered results that CNE published on its site. Have a great day.
Este Mamagüevo
Venezuela has no shortage of quality grade assholes doing their finest to represent us abroad.
LIVE STREAM: House Foreign Affairs Committee on Venezuela
Join us at 2:00pm EST for a Congressional Hearing on "The Malicious Influence of State and Criminal Actors." Keep an eye out for the witness from Montreal, we hear he likes to destabilize on the record.
Will the last deputy to leave the AN turn off the light?
The people who asked for my vote in 2015 so that they could hold sessions in Parliament are no longer holding sessions in Parliament because they want to ask for my vote.
134 Days of Protests
As pedestrians replace protesters on the streets of Caracas, photographer Pedro Moretti shares some highlights and lowlights of the action over the past four months. Yes, it's been four months already.
Hannah Dreier, for Team Screwed.
I've run out of G-rated words to describe our descent into all-out dictatorial communist hell. Thankfully, Hannah Dreier has our back on The Global POLITICO podcast. Have a listen.
A Venezuela where Dictatorship Feels Far Away
Brazen lies about turnout, stolen seats, cheating at solitaire with millions of made-up votes prove that Maduro hates his people as much as he hates us. But for many followers, hope is still alive.
OAS Session of the Permanent Council on the Situation in Venezuela
Today's Permanent Council session of the OAS has Venezuela on the agenda, ahead of the ANC and U.S. announced economic and individual sanctions. If you're "de paro" today, join in the fun.
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