Sensational Miami Herald Story Misses its Own Point
A blockbuster Miami Herald story claims the National Guard is getting ready to gun down protesters. Listen closely to the secret recording it’s based on, and the conclusion is the exact opposite.
Three Bills
I looked at the three bills left in my wallet. I could buy five chocolate bars with them — awesome! But the thought gnawed at me: someone else — someone else right here — could turn them into three grand.
Constituyenqué?
Just 11 days after it was unveiled, talk of a National Constituent Assembly is thin on the ground. There’s a good reason for that: there isn’t going to be any Consituyente. The call has already failed.
Wakuénai Chronicles
At this point, we're so far through the looking glass, part of me goes into de que vuelan vuelan mode. I mean, it's insane. But we've tried everything else. Why not Dabucurí?
The New Normal: Days of Violence, Nights of Disinfo
Venezuela keeps plumbing new depths. As Raúl wrote, each one feels impossible to get used to...and then you do. This new normal, though...it gave me vertigo.
Maduro Calls for an All-Venezuelan Congress of Soviets
In a desperate gambit to hang on to power, Nicolás Maduro calls a "Constituent Assembly" able to rewrite the constitution. All signs point to it being elected along soviet lines. Can the government survive a gambit this crazy?
The Night El Valle Burned
A night of looting and intense violence in Caracas's sprawling El Valle slum, directly opposite Fuerte Tiuna. Shocking images streamed onto Twitter all night, making "El Valle" a worldwide trending topic, amid a complete news blackout from censored local media.
Venezuela on the March: Reaction
The day ends with two dead, many tear gassed, news blacked out, and a regime that looks every bit as hopeless but also every bit as strong as it did this morning. Normal.
The Brazilian Option
Human Rights Watch reports on the increasingly desperate Venezuelans fleeing to Brazil's Roraima State.
The March the Government Forgot to Repress
On a drizzly Jueves Santo, thousands of opositores marched through the west of Caracas. The cops didn't show up; the march was perfectly calm. Here's the story of an afternoon that drove a stake through the government's propaganda line.
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