Venezuela's MERCOSUR Days are Numbered
As the trade block prepares to suspend Venezuela for failing to implement any of its accession obligations, the government doesn't even seem to care.
Life
She stood up to Chávez in the name of justice. Her seven year nightmare is not over.
Last week, Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni was barred from appointing her own counsel at a disciplinary tribunal to eject her from the bench. A bizarre injustice, but entirely in keeping with the kafkaesque seven year ordeal she has faced.
Jones, Serrano, and the Tyranny of People Who Know WTF They're Talking About
It's not just that Trump and Maduro have a disturbing tendency to believe things that are plainly false, it's that they turf out their understanding of the world to obvious charlatans.
Where Mass Graves are 'Normal', Normality Isn't
As massacres become a weekly event in Venezuela, mass graves are crafting a new abnormal normality, rendering empathy impossible and dehumanizing us little by little.
The Worst Latin American
Has any other Latin American done as much damage in a single lifetime as Fidel Castro? It's...not even close.
Balseros del Siglo 21
It's not a socialist revolution without desperate boat people risking their lives to get out. Kohut and Casey have done it again.
Maiquetía Dispatch: The Gringo as ATM Machine
A meditation on my final few hours in this amazing, terrifying, tortured place
Venezuela silences conviction of the First Lady's drug-running nephews
As Venezuela's state media blacks out news that Cilia Flores's nephews were convicted on big time drug charges, we take a tour of Communicational Hegemony today.
A Crisis Humanitarians Can't Ignore
I spent years reading the IRIN website for news about the world's absolutely worst places. Now, they run news about Venezuela.
Home Depot Orange is the New Black Market
The Venezuelan government is being destabilized by a part-timer. Yes. Really. Click through for the scarcely-believable details.
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