It’s time for MUD to offer a Political Plan for Transition
MUD desperately needs to signal to mid-ranking chavistas who are not involved in Human Rights abuses that their best bet right now is to break with the regime. Here’s how.
Politics
Blacked Out
For all his power over broadcast media, Nicolás Maduro has completely lost his hold over Venezuela’s public conversation. We’ve tuned him out.
Lost in California
This Venezuelan lawyer explains how even doing a PhD in Stanford, she has to deal with fear, frustration and guilt over the country’s reality.
Three Bills
I looked at the three bills left in my wallet. I could buy five chocolate bars with them — awesome! But the thought gnawed at me: someone else — someone else right here — could turn them into three grand.
All I want for mother’s day is a féconlechito for mom
When everything is in short supply, the thing you miss most is a sense of normalcy. I wanted to give that to mom on this mother's day, just a reminder of what a normal morning used to feel like. A citywide hunt for coffee, milk and sugar ensued.
Killing the father
This Venezuelan writer’s analysis on Yibram Saab’s viral video denouncing his father’s lack of courage takes the case into a ground far beyond politics –that of values.
Constituyenqué?
Just 11 days after it was unveiled, talk of a National Constituent Assembly is thin on the ground. There’s a good reason for that: there isn’t going to be any Consituyente. The call has already failed.
“Colectivo” Responsibility
Could the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela be found responsible, under international law, for Colectivos’ abuses? Yes. Here’s why.
Cruz Verde: First Aid Right Up by El Piquete
Instead of protesting or watching from the sidelines, they risk their own skin to save those wounded in protests. Here's what it's like being a Cruz Verde volunteer.
Mérida Escalates
There was unprecedented violence at protests in Mérida on Monday, as protesters faced sharply stepped-up repression with a level of determination that's never been seen before.
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