A Dictatorship but not really
What kind of political leadership declares the country’s constitution order has been broken just to take it back a week after?
Politics
MUD Cannot Be This Stupid
The idea that MUD has just gone out and made a blunder as stupid as this mediation blunder looks strains all belief. There has to be an important part we're not seeing. But what?
Dialogue and Freedom
I viscerally hate the concept of dialogue with this thuggish regime. And yet I see it setting free some of the people I care most about in the world: our political prisoners. Come take a tour through my mixed emotions.
MUD and the Government Launch Vatican-mediated Negotiation
After an all-nighter at La Rinconada, the government and the opposition (minus VP) have set up a new negotiation track to work through the mess. In unrelated news, it's Halloween.
You Can’t Improvise Non-Violent Resistance
Non-violent resistance takes minute preparation: not just physical and intellectual, but spiritual, too. Does MUD really understand what it’s signing up for?
The “do-it-if-you-can-afford-it-if-not-just-hang-in-there” strike
Yesterday's Paro Nacional Ciudadano got mixed reviews. Fears of wage increase-related layoffs and quincena Friday definitely played against a full-on stoppage.
Colombians Rejoice
Who needs a birth certificate when you have the TSJ?
Reality Czech
The chatter on the streets of Prague in November 1989 was...remarkable.
Human Rights Watch Explains Venezuela to the Pope (and Cardinal Tscherrig)
In a startlingly forthright Open Letter to Pope Francis that refuses to softball the gravity of the situation, HRW's José Manuel Vivancos walks the Vatican through how to avoid another fiasco.
The day when MUD met its followers
Yesterday in Caracas, the opposition wasn't just marching. It was telling its leaders how to march.
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