The Theory of the Pasante Bobo
Did Venezuela just stumble into an epic Constitutional Crisis out of sheer administrative incompetence and miscalculation? Very possibly. Were the Russians behind it? You bet.
Politics
#AutogolpeReax: What the papers say
South American papers pretty much all led with the self-coup in Venezuela yesterday. Here's a roundup.
Venezuela, a Constitutional War Zone
Venezuela doesn’t have any serious legal problems, other than the fact that it doesn’t have an executive branch, doesn’t have a legislative branch, and doesn’t have a judicial branch.
The First Significant Split in the Regime Following the Autogolpe
This is a video of regime stalwart Luisa Ortega Diaz, Venezuela's Prosecutor General. Denouncing a breakdown in the constitutional order. To sustained applause. On State Television!
Autogolpe Reaction Roundup
We chart the shockwaves from this week's historic, dismal Supreme Tribunal rulings, as the opposition and the hemisphere try to get their bearings in the strange new reality we face after we drilled through the bottom of the last pit.
Hugo Chávez Frías Explains The Supreme Tribunal Ruling Shutting down the Legislative Branch
It's quite unfortunate that El Comandante's reaction to a dissolution of the AN is way more forceful than MUD's. #SalganDeSuBorrachera.
Henry Ramos Allup Explains The Supreme Tribunal Ruling Shutting down the Legislative Branch
Yesterday, the Supreme Tribunal, for all intents and purposes. shut down Venezuela's National Assembly. Speaking on Cesar Miguel Rondón's radio show this morning, AD's Henry Ramos Allup gave the most cogent explanation yet of what happened.
The Bottom of the Pit
The Supreme Tribunal of Justice basically annulled Venezuela's Legislature. Another day, another coup d'Etat.
Hegemony’s latest: Foreign journalists are actually spies
The Venezuelan government deals with foreign journalists by accusing them of spying, then arresting and deporting them. Tubazo: we have the BBC on the record saying its reporters are not spies.
Mandela on the Guaire?
Like Mandela in South Africa, a viable opposition presidential candidate in Venezuela must establish himself as the best alternative for the government, maintain control of his party, and have strong support from a rival voting base.
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