One Bottle, Then This: My Afternoon at UCV
A reader who prefers not to be named sends in this first-hand account of yesterday’s march-and-melée at the UCV Campus. It began with the usual confusion about the...
Trapped
It’s now been five weeks since the protest in San Cristóbal that set off Venezuela’s latest revolt. Time to take stock. Outside the Andean states, protests remain largely...
Fear and Loathing in Mérida
While attention centers on the protests in San Cristóbal, few have stopped to notice that other Andean cities have seen similar, if perhaps not quite as extensive, protest...
A Historic Low for El Nacional
In a press conference today, Venezuela’s Human Rights Ombudswoman, Gabriela Ramírez, made a genuinely shocking statement. Making up legal standards off the cuff, she sought to redefine torture...
The Parable of the $175,000 Greenback
Say you come into Venezuela with just $1 and an eye for business. Just how much money can you turn that bill into using tried-and-true, being-used-right-now scams? With...
When Chaos Comes to Your Doorstep
Rafael Osío Cabrices writes a powerful personal essay on what it’s been like living half a block from Plaza Altamira over this last month. What’s the best way to...
Nullifying the Constitution, One Article at a Time
Here’s one that’s flying under the radar: in a resolution dated February 13th, the government-controlled Supreme Tribunal gave itself the authority to decide which specific judge will hear...
A Word on Blogs and Pogroms (UPDATED)
If, as the old cliché has it, “journalism is the first draft of history”, then blogging must be the note hurriedly scribbled on the napkin of history. A...
The Full Scale of What's Happening in San Cristóbal Isn't Getting Through Because of the Media Blackout
The New York Times finally manages to get a reporter and a photographer on the ground in San Cristóbal. Willie Neuman’s piece is good. But Meredith Kohut’s accompanying...
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