Crossing the Continent on One Foot—and Tons of Will
In 2013, Yeslie Aranda lost his left leg in a car accident. Today, while achieving his dream of crossing South America on foot, he has a spiritual strength that crushes obstacles.
The City That Won’t Die
This is a celebration of the spirit of a place where people insist on going out at night, amid many real dangers. This is a celebration of Caracas.
The Great March Blackout Never Really Ended
When chavismo talks about “things returning to normal” regarding energy, it means “normal in Caracas.” Most of the nation suffers daily blackouts that freeze people’s lives, institutions and erodes their minds. This is how you live with a broken infrastructure.
A Heartbreak: What Chavismo Is Really Doing to Us
Venezuela’s collapse is usually seen through headlines or figures, and we don’t get the chance to see what it all means and what it does to the ones who endure it. No matter how privileged you think you are, it will all get to you.
Of Preppers and the Great March Blackout
Although he didn’t prepare for this exactly, he knew something could come up that would require him to hole up and resist. Our own Victor Drax is a prepper and this is how he faced the massive blackout that attacked Venezuelans.
At the Venezuela-Brazil Border, Indigenous Communities Fight for Humanitarian Aid
Early this morning, soldiers from the Venezuelan National Guard and the Army opened fire on indigenous communities near the Venezuela-Brazil border. Tensions are super high now, with military officers held by civilians and reprisal on the way...
Juan Guaidó’s New Bet: To Break the Humanitarian Siege on February 23rd
2019’s protests have unfolded in a rather peaceful and predictable manner. The plot twist nobody expected today was a direct command to the Armed Forces from the caretaker president, for what might be the key moment of this struggle.
Protests Changed, Because the Movement Changed
The walk out called by caretaker President Juan Guaidó, rallied people to take two hours off of work and take to the streets. It looks like the opposition has finally matured, because there was no chaos. At all.
The Day Chavismo Froze
The rally that saw Juan Guaidó claim the presidency today was one of the strangest events of the last 20 years. The regime. Just. Froze. And history was in the air.
At the Cabildo Abierto, A Glimmer of Hope
There's something new in the air. You can feel it. Despair, tentatively, is subsiding. Listening to National Assembly members speak at the open assemblies that have now spread all throughout the country, you realize: hope is contagious.
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