Governors nobody ever elected
It's not just that state elections are eons late, is that six states are now run by people no one ever elected. We take you on a guided tour.
Politics
US Treasury Department sanctioned Venezuelan VP under drug kingpin act
All of Tareck El Aissami's assets in the US have been frozen under the Kingpin Act.
The wounds of #12F
Three years after #12F, we've aged at least a decade.
Sanctions as a Sugar High
No, we don't really think tightening U.S. sanctions against corrupt Venezuelan officials, as a bipartisan group on the hill proposes, will destabilize the Maduro regime. It'll feel good for sure, though.
CNE's Latest Trap
As CNE announces the rules for obtaining official party status, we know full well the way this game is going to shake out. Because we've seen CNE create bizarrely convoluted rules plainly designed to trip the opposition up.
Suddenly, Ballot Access is Hard
A skittish government has started creating arbitrary obstacles to granting official status as a party, meaning the ballot of the future will be nothing like the crowded ballots of yesteryear.
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.
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.
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