It's Working
Rallying international support for recognizing AN Speaker Juan Guaidó as caretaker president was —and remains— an audacious, high-risk gambit. It could still go very wrong. But, right now...it’s working.
Guaidó's Diplomatic Rulebook Problem
The region’s diplomats are throwing the standard diplomatic librito out the window to recognize Juan Guaidó, even though he doesn’t actually run the country. There are obvious risks involved.
Juan Guaidó Claims the Presidency: How Will This Play Out?
Amid huge street protests, opposition leader Juan Guaidó has now sworn himself in as Interim Presidency. The United States, Canada, Brazil and others recognize him; the Venezuelan Armed Forces and police do not. At a time of pervasive uncertainty, how to think about what comes next?
A Crisis isn’t a Crisis, When It’s… Elsewhere
As Venezuela’s pain spreads outward, it becomes a subject for art. Venezuelan-Canadian playwright and performer Joy Ross-Jones brings it to the stage in Montreal from January 24th to the 27th.
I Don’t Know If the Guaidó Strategy Will Work, and Neither Does Anyone Else
Dictatorships are hard but brittle: sometimes you hit them 100 times and never see a crack, then at the 101st blow they split right open. So is Juan Guaidó delivering the 101st blow? Or the 23rd?
The Greatest Trick Maduro Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World the National Assembly Still Exists
Newsflash: The National Assembly was shut down. Years ago. It’s just that the government, in an inspired bit of next-generation authoritarianism, never told us.
Chronicle of a First Time Hallaca-Maker
After 72 hours of cursing brittle banana leaves, contentious almond-roasting, YouTube scouting, Scannone-hating and pork lard handling, I made my first hallaca. It was gruelling. It was worth it.
A Christmas Gift that Can Save a Life
Milan-based, Maracucha-run jewelry brand Aliita’s charity collection for 2018 is donating 100% of its proceeds to Un Milagro de Amor, an inspiring Maracaibo foundation that helps critically malnourished children.
TWENTY Years of Plague
The plague is not made on a human scale, and so men always say that the plague is unreal, a bad dream that must pass. But it doesn’t always pass, and from one bad dream to the next, it’s the men who pass.
The Gorrinosphere: Why Chavista Crony Money Makes Its Way to Opposition Hands
Did Raúl Gorrín finance opposition political parties? It’s very likely. Because chavismo made it nearly impossible for politicians to raise money without getting mixed up with regime cronies.
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