Flying Away from Here
The question is not why airlines are leaving Venezuela, but how come they stuck around so long.
The question is not why airlines are leaving Venezuela, but how come they stuck around so long.
Food lines, barricades and empty bellies: the day after the Constituent vote might as well have been any other day in our embattled city.
Announcing a beyond-crazy turnout figure, Tibisay Lucena puts the final nail in the National Elections Council's credibility.
The election was fake, but the violence was real: a detailed look at the mayhem nationwide as Venezuelans reject the government’s attempt to institutionalize dictatorship.
Ciudad Guayana is a government bastion —tons of state workers around. Their stories are consistent: they’re all being told explicitly they either vote or they’re fired.
Nobody understands today’s election system. With everything on the line, this might as well be a lottery.
As the threat of an Constituent Assembly that lifts even notional limits on what the crazies can do, the dystopian vibe in our public sphere deepens.
Sunday’s election is a giant charade, so how do you get people to go out and vote? By laying on the intimidation like there’s no tomorrow. Because, if you fail, there may not be.
Although half of Caracas was deserted for Thursday’s strike, downtown buzzed with activity… and dread.
Avianca's rushed suspension of service to Venezuela, together with the decision to evacuate U.S. diplomats' families, builds up a picture of a country under unprecedented pressure.
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