Tchau Tchau, João!
The Brazilian genius behind Chávez's las epic presidential campaign now faces eight years behind bars for money laundering. Corazón del Pueblo indeed.
Politics
In the Carnet de la Patria we trust
Venezuelans line up for hours to get their hands on Maduro's latest proposed solution to all their problems. But nobody's sure of what it is or how it works. So they wait in line hoping to find out.
Penumbra
It seems the last one to leave the Venezuelan economy did remember to turn off the lights.
A Portrait of Leonardo, Passport Fixer
Meet Leonardo, who's built a business model on your desperate need to get the hell out of Dodge.
Spain's Sneaky Strategy to Recolonize Venezuela
As the former presidents try to restart dialogue —for some reason— we look under the hood of Zapatero's cunning plan.
Sean Spicer and the José Vicente Rangel Playbook
If you're Venezuelan and old enough to remember the crisis of 2002, U.S. news were a PTSD-inducing horror these last few days.
Pérez Jimenez would be proud
An update on the MUD's momentous strides in fighting the dictatorship.
Peak Venezuela
A bus-ride in Charallave crystallizes what we’d feared: 2017 will make 2016 look like child’s play.
Nicolás Maduro's Obscene Constitutional Pantomime
The constitution mandates one thing, the president does another. It's happened so often, the real challenge is to stay mad. To keep reminding ourselves that, damn it, this is not ok.
Morphing into a Police State, Venezuela Arrests Opposition Legislator
This will be remembered as the week Venezuela shed the last vestiges of its institutional structures and devolved into a straight-up police state.
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