48 Hours in the Life of Luisa
Show trials, viral videos, unappointments and reappointments, former foes turned friends and friends turned foe. More has happened to Prosecutor General since Monday than happens to a normal person in a lifetime.
Politics
Unequally Repressed: Why USB Students Walk while UPEL Kids Rot in Jail
After fifteen chamos from Universidad Simón Bolívar were arrested, the internet erupted and, soon, they were freed. Students from less prestigious universities can’t count on that.
Mangokistán Chronicles
In one famously combative corner of Ciudad Guayana, the entire community has come together – from everyone’s aunt to the kids in protest gear – with one simple goal in mind: to keep the roads closed until the government falls.
What you weren't paying attention to if all you were paying attention to was chopper dude
Whatever his real motivations may have been, what Chopper Dude achieved was the mother of all distractions: a 48-hour news void into which all kinds of sordid stories fell, never to be heard of again.
¿Con qué se come el 350?
I made it my mission to go around Caracas for two days asking everyone I know what they thought about “el trescincuenta”. Here’s what I learned.
The Politics Of Tears
For years, Brazil’s been cashing in on Venezuelan repression. But with the latest sale of tear gas stopped by the Foreign Ministry, that’s now changing.
Maracay’s turn
What started as a road blocking protest ended in a mayhem of looting, fire and bullets, screams. A guide to 24 hours of mayhem in my hometown.
The Chopper Coupster: False Flag or Random Lunatic?
When I first heard about some random guy dropping grenades ineffectually in the vicinity of the Supreme Tribunal, I didn't know what to think. Then I discovered his amazing Instagram...
Jorge’s Groundhog Day
Jorge Rodríguez thinks he can just keep playing the opposition again and again, like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. Trouble is, we all see what he’s doing.
The Constituyente: Putting the Next Political Crisis on a Timer
The countdown to July 30th is on. Venezuela must be the only place where the government gives the next crisis its own fecha en el calendario.
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