When the Dictatorship Took My Son
For every Venezuelan detained during protests, there is a suffering family facing fear, uncertainty, and dizzying legal requirements before a loved one can be freed. All of this is by design.
Politics
All Chavismo has to say on this Week's Protests.
It's hard to overstate the media blackout Venezuelans are subjected to. Until you see what the government reports instead. Here's a few choice tweets from chavismo's alternate, and coldhearted, reality.
The Night El Valle Burned
A night of looting and intense violence in Caracas's sprawling El Valle slum, directly opposite Fuerte Tiuna. Shocking images streamed onto Twitter all night, making "El Valle" a worldwide trending topic, amid a complete news blackout from censored local media.
Sharing the West Side, Fighting in the East
Although marchers from both sides met several times yesterday, there was no hint of violence between them. The violence we saw pitted the opposition not against chavista civilians, but against the security forces, which launched enough tear gas at us to reach even pro-government demonstrators in Plaza Venezuela.
Infiltrating the verbena ñángara downtown: Chavismo's 19-A
We sent our intrepid reporter Gaby J. Miller to hang out on Avenida Bolívar yesterday. Bizarrely enough, what she found was a party atmosphere.
Venezuela on the March: Reaction
The day ends with two dead, many tear gassed, news blacked out, and a regime that looks every bit as hopeless but also every bit as strong as it did this morning. Normal.
Meet the Opposition Leaders the Government has Banned from Even Running for Office
Inhabilitaciones have become the government's go-to mechanism for cherry-picking its opponents. Here's a refresher for those who've lost count.
It's a Question of Transcendence
Amid the generalized political turmoil of recent days, this Holy Week has been anything but holy. Here's a few things you should know about Venezuela, religion and politics.
The March the Government Forgot to Repress
On a drizzly Jueves Santo, thousands of opositores marched through the west of Caracas. The cops didn't show up; the march was perfectly calm. Here's the story of an afternoon that drove a stake through the government's propaganda line.
When Repression is not Enough
A chilling, first-hand account of a doctor refusing to turn a battered protester in to "law enforcement" puts a new spin on the word "terrorist."
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