Corruption and Phantom Bonds
Forget about playing to bankers’ sense of right and wrong: selling out public assets for much less than they’re worth is a crime, a ‘delito de salvaguarda.’ That’s where the focus should be.
Forget about playing to bankers’ sense of right and wrong: selling out public assets for much less than they’re worth is a crime, a ‘delito de salvaguarda.’ That’s where the focus should be.
Here’s what we know about what the Holy Father knows about Venezuela that all of us know already.
I’m a sifrino kid who used to get shaken down for bribes at checkpoints all the time. Then I learned how to chill with a Guardia Nacional. And it stopped. Can MUD learn my tricks?
One day, the lives of all Venezuelans who’ve died through government's acts and omissions will be properly honored. This website is a good start.
As the GNB turns from repressing protesters to stealing from them, the Defense Minister says he “doesn’t want to see even one more National Guardsman committing an atrocity on the streets.” Coincidence?
I traveled to Ciudad Bolívar determined to march. Then I met a remarkable old lady who put the entire thing in perspective.
The far left in the U.S. still seems to be more worried about protecting its ideological certainties than in listening to Venezuelans’ legitimate grievances.
Stop to think through the specifics of Maduro's proposed Constituent Assembly and it's hard to imagine anybody could seriously think this thing can work. (Pro tip: it can't.)
Signs of… erm… A feeling of… erm… Ok, here it is: a student march made it to VTV. Yes, you read it right. Now what?
Those who invoke the 1999 constitution for opposing Maduro's Constituyente don't understand the one true tenet of Chávez's legacy: the despicable habit of changing the rules of the game, instead of respecting them.
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