Quico ♥s Cacerolazos
On how this form of protest means more than meets the eye and why he is now my hero.
This Time, It's Different
There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.
Anatomy of an Olla
The sight of the dictatorship closing ranks against its newest political prisoner, Yon Goicoechea, on the basis of planted evidence is profoundly enraging.
PGV: A Lesson in Statecraft
Guárico's reigning prison boss shows indecisive heads of state everywhere how to get things done. Maduro, take note.
Hurry up, O.A.S. guys, we’re hungry.
Caracas Chronicles contributor Carlos Hernández has an amazing OpEd in the New York Times today on the way hunger has quietly made its up to the middle class in Ciudad Guayana.
Bringing it Home
For the Washington Post, Moisés Naím and Quico try to bring home the real scale of the tragedy Venezuela is sinking into. It's a story you know well, retold for a public still struggling to grasp it.
Malcorra de tu Madre!
Doesn't the Argentinean foreign minister's name sound like a grosería? After you read Juan's exposé over at Foreign Policy, you will be mentando Malcorra as well.
I Witnessed CNE's Signature Verification Process and None of It Made Any Damn Sense
Randomly invalidated forms, impossible standards, arbitrary obstacles...take a tour of the Electoral Council's idiotic signature validation process with me.
LIVE NOW: OAS Permanent Council Session on Venezuela
Argentina, along with the United States, Barbados, Honduras, Perú and México are co-sponsoring an extraordinary session of the Permanent Council to discuss the situation in Venezuela.
Thesis on The Insane Hoops We'll Have to Jump Through to Recall Maduro
The recall referendum process begins today, and man, the extremes CNE is going to in order to block it are almost comically unfair.
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