From Chacao to Exile: How Ramon Muchacho Still Gives me Hope
Before he was exiled, before he was targeted by the regime's political police, even before he was El Alcalde, he was Ramón, my friend, the civil servant.
Politics
The Anti-Escrache Law and the Death of Free Speech
The government has been coercing the broadcasting media into silencing criticisms for years. Now it wants to do the same to you.
Luisa Turns on the Fan, to Little Effect
Luisa Ortega's highly anticipated speech in Brazil to fellow Prosecutors General included no actual evidence, at least one crazy exaggeration, and ultimately did more to undermine her credibility than the regime's.
The Day of Living Dangerously: a Trip to the Black Market
Somehow, I found myself drifting through badly lit hallways in downtown Caracas trying to get shady men to help us turn dollars into stacks of bolivar bills...and lived to tell the tale.
No Way to Die
After traveling to Caracas for a distant relative's funeral, I realized that dying in Venezuela has turned into an endurance battle against indignity.
Jorge Rodríguez Exposed
In a country with no food, medicines or democracy, a video of a bullied chavista mayor becomes the closest thing to satisfaction that Venezuelans will have over a weekend.
Nausea
Faced with a shockingly aggressive authoritarian onslaught, MUD has one task and one task alone: to survive.
The Great Escape
With or without ANC, La Salida for Venezuelans might just be Maiquetía.
In the Trenches with Luisa
The Prosecutor General has fought a battle against the State seemingly on her own. This is what it looks like from the inside, as told by one of the troopers by her side.
Teresa, la Usurpadora
After a foiled attempt, Chavismo seized the mayorship of Barquisimeto and the Chavista administrative style came back with vengeance.
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