How to Count Our Dead
The Venezuelan Violence Observatory (OVV) publishes the country's most cited figures on violence. Here's why those figures are very wrong — and why you should cite our estimate instead.
Life
OVV Understands it Blundered: Time to Retract Publicly
The Observatorio Venezolano de Violencia's deeply flawed estimate of violent deaths in Venezuela is damaging our public sphere. Time to retract and correct.
A Day in the Life of Nicolás Maduro
Nicolás just woke up. It's late. The day is long. Why is it so hard to get anything done?
The fallen kingpin: Roberto Rincon's story
Roberto Rincón was the Steve Jobs of PDVSA contract-rigging. He now sits in a U.S. prison cell, trying to reduce his sentence from over 100 years to 13.
As its Narrative Crumbles, HegemonCorp Lashes Out Harder
It's getting harder to ignore the chasm between the quality of the media coverage of the crisis available to Venezuelans and to people everywhere else.
Singapore Chronicles
Many Venezuelans have lost their belief that humanity can overcome its circumstances. Me? All it took to reignite this belief was a trip to the other side of the world.
Apocalypse is such a relative term
C'mon guys: things are bad in Venezuela, but they're not thaaat bad! I mean, Maduro is still in power, so that's good. Right? RIGHT?!
#LiveBlog: Cartademocráticageddon
Follow OAS's historic session on whether to apply the Democratic Charter to Venezuela live, right here.
A Regime that Persecutes the Best People in Venezuela
As Francisco Márquez and Gabriel San Miguel absorb the shock of arbitrary imprisonment, we watch aghast as Venezuela's most despicable people brutalize its best.
A Crisis So Good, They Had to Discuss it Twice
The Venezuelan crisis faces a crucial week in Washington, with OAS set to discuss it twice this week alone. But did Secretary General Luis Almagro do his homework this time?
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