Article 350 of the Constitution: An Urban Tale
Venezuela’s constitution contains a bizarre oddity: its final article explicitly mandates you to disown the government if democracy and human rights are under threat.
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Senseless Death
We are suffering from our delusions of grandeur, the “magical state”, the winner takes all mentality. And, all around, the stench is of ever increasing destruction, of senseless death.
Getting ready for an emergency… in the middle of another emergency
Earlier this week, Venezuela just barely dodged Tropical Storm Bret. But what would a major natural disaster be like in Venezuela today?
The Secret Life of a Foot Soldier for “La Resistencia”
Roberto can’t tell his dad what he does every day after he finishes work. He risks everything for the Resistance day in and day out, and no one knows.
Hasta Siempre, “Santos Yorme”
Pompeyo Márquez has passed away. One of the most prominent leftists of Venezuela's 20th century, he was a harsh critic of Hugo Chávez.
There’s Something About Luisa
We know virtually nothing about Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega Díaz. It’s probably best to assume she sees us as entirely disposable tactical allies.
The Venezuela You Only Find at the Protests
I joined Primero Auxilios UCAB. In anguish, my mom asks me why I insist on risking my life to go out for protest after protest. Here's my answer.
The Hollow Campaign for a Hollow Constituyente
Shmaltzy music, aggressively smiling people and straight-up plagiarism: the propaganda state is using every trick in the book to sell us on Maduro's Constituent Assembly.
Cancun, the OAS, and Venezuela’s Prosecutor General
Luisa Ortega Díaz has begun creating a paper trail that will be invaluable down the road. It’s time the hemisphere took her seriously as an interlocutor.
CLAPs Food Distribution Turns Out to be a Giant Scam
National Assembly member Carlos Paparoni lays out the scam surrounding CLAPs food imports from Mexico in specific, galling detail.
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