El Comandante Makes it to the US Elections
Years after his passing, and thousands of miles from his home, El Comandante lives on... To our shame.
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Venezuela Tries to Game the UN's Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights
You'd think reputable NGOs like the "Association for Obvious Things" would have no trouble seeing through Venezuela's pathetic attempt to whitewash its Human Rights record
Garry Kasparov's Guide to Venezuela's 2018 Election
In the New York Times, the former World Chess Champion walks us through what the 2018 election is going to look like if the regime gets away with the recallicide.
Peru Takes the Lead
Remember back when every former president in Latin America was against the Venezuelan regime and every current president on the fence? That's over.
Caracas Chronicles does Group Therapy
Our resident artist, AdryTatoo, led the Caracas Chronicles Team through an exercise of channeling our frustrations into collage, while we get back to covering the crisis. The results are as fascinating as they are perturbing. Behold.
It's The Moderates Calling the Marches to Miraflores Now
On Wednesday, we saw the thing that never happened in 2014: moderates calling for radical action.
MUD: Don't Let us Down
I stopped to buy a loose cigarette in Sabana Grande yesterday and gazed into the face of learned helplessness. MUD, don't let us down.
The Assembly will not be televised - it will be streamed
Streaming has changed the rules of the media game. Yesterday, it changed Venezuelan politics a little bit.
No Fava Beans or Chianti
This story. Man, this story.
Marcelo Crovato's Catch 22
It’s hard to see the upside of being put under house arrest for political reasons. Sure, you get a cop outside your door. As Marcelo Crovato recently found out, that's not that useful a perk.
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