Awareness of vulnerability might be a key factor in opening space for the development of non-military solutions, “just as denial of this vulnerability through a fantasy of mastery can fuel the instruments of war."
There’s a legend opposition members like to repeat to themselves: that public employees have to be dragged kicking and screaming to rallies in support of a government they despise. The reality is a bit more complicated than that.
In a desperate gambit to hang on to power, Nicolás Maduro calls a "Constituent Assembly" able to rewrite the constitution. All signs point to it being elected along soviet lines. Can the government survive a gambit this crazy?
Thanks to Chavismo’s bot armies, “Class Consciousness” was a trending topic on Twitter in Venezuela this week. How about we have a real conversation about it, minus the bots?
On Friday, thousands protested near Ramo Verde prison in Los Teques to demand the release of Leopoldo López, Venezuela's most popular politician and highest profile political prisoner.
The Venezuelan government has spent big money on tanquetas, murciélagos, ballenas, armored personnel carriers and anti riot tear gas cannisters. Here's the rundown.
Tarek is supposed to be the guardian of all Venezuelans' human rights, but he doesn't seem to excel at the task. He doesn't seem very willing to get any better at it either.
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