Reactions to Ciudad Bolívar
What has been our political leadership's response to the horrendous events of this weekend?
Life
Dug In: The Bolivarenses Who Haven't Ventured Outside since Thursday
While thousands loot, thousands more Ciudad Bolívar residents are holed up at home, scanning social media obsessively, too scared to go outside at all. We talk to some Bolivarences who are now dug in.
A Weekend in Hell: I Witnessed The Sack of Ciudad Bolívar
A Bolivarense sends us his first-hand account of his town amid a spasm of violence, with all the norms of society collapsing and a Hobbesian nightmare afoot.
The Inevitable Spreads
It’s the third day of looting in Ciudad Bolívar, and they're starting to run out of places to loot.
Ciudad Bolívar as Hors D'Oeuvre
Nicolás Maduro has been forced to reverse his insane decision to take the Bs.100 bill out of circulation, but not before turning Ciudad Bolívar into a terrifying taste of what awaits the whole country under his rule.
Boundless outrage
The Venezuelan government's criminal decision to invalidate 77% of the country's cash will be remembered as the most unhinged, unfair, and immoral economic measure of our history.
Ciudad Bolívar is turning into a warzone
An update on Ciudad Bolivar lootings and the chaos that #billetexit has unleashed.
I Want to Be a Millionaire
Going on QQSM was like taking a two day vacation in a parallel universe: an alternate Venezuela where RCTV's still going and European tourists are still coming. Don Eladio now presides over threadbare dream: much needed, but much faded.
The Dictator Who "Conceded"
What happens when a long-time, iron-fisted dictator of an African nation loses an election...and concedes?
The Brave Stain
Your daily briefing for Thursday, December 15, 2016. Translated by Javier Liendo
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