MUD knows it needs regime defections if it wants any hope to lead a transition, and that means it needs to offer amnesty. This week, the National Assembly announced its plan to do precisely that.
Holding a political rally at night struck many as a hokey (or dangerous) idea. In fact, it was a profoundly moving experience.
Explaining what they do not understand is what chavistas do best. Now, it’s the Constituyente’s turn.
People who are not psychopaths find it hard to administer violence. How does the National Guard and the Bolivarian Police overcome that reticence?
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.
For all his power over broadcast media, Nicolás Maduro has completely lost his hold over Venezuela’s public conversation. We’ve tuned him out.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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