Shipwrecked
I know what it's like in La Sabana. I know you can lose yourself, and you can't quite imagine that there's anything else beyond that Dionysian ritual. I know.
The Day I Stared My Inner Chavista In the Eye and Did Not Blink
It's a bit of a blur. There was Daniella Cabello. And her dad. And some rum. And Donald Trump and a TSJ justice and Raúl's dashed dreams. It's...sort of hard to summarize.
Secretary General of the OAS slams Maduro in press release
The Secretary General of the OAS ripped Maduro's guts and had them for lunch with this press release.
The Game the TSJ is Playing
Chavista courts are playing a dangerous game. By declaring the National Assembly ineffective, they want to taint the political process as a whole. They are falling into the abyss, and they are intent of bringing the opposition down with them.
At least we'll always have... shadow puppets.
If a Venezuelan makes a film, but theres no electricity to power the cinemas that show it, did it really happen?
Hugo Chávez, unplugged
Three years ago today, when the announcement came, I was stuck in traffic. It was an oddly fitting way to receive the news that were no longer new by then.
Refugee from Permutaland
For years, I took this perverse pride in being the one lawyer who wasn't milking money out of the permuta system. Instead, I wasted years of my professional life doing completely useless work.
Chess, not checkers
The Venezuelan institutional conflict may seem scorching hot, but up until now, it’s been pretty much been our version of the Cold War. The nukes are pointed at...
Qaddafi's drainage pipe and the opposition's soul
This is not the time for misguided adventurism. Magical thinking will not avert the oncoming Constitutional Crisis, and revenge fantasies won't re-establish the rule of law in Venezuela.
"PSUV will challenge the election of 22 deputies," MUD says.
MUD members gave a press conference today to confirm a rumor that has been going around since last week. Apparently, the electoral chamber of Venezuela’s highest court (the TSJ), was...
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