Diosdado Style
Watching him terrorize his opponents from a TV studio, it's easy to forget Diosdado Cabello is technically just another backbench MP.
Politics
The San Cristobal Moment [Updated with subtitles]
The clip from Táchira lasts 26 seconds. A kid gets right up — RIGHT up — in a riot cop's face. What follows...crystallizes the volcanic fury and the deep humanity behind Venezuela's protest movement in a way no staged moment ever could.
The Opposition is Violently Repressed Everywhere Except Caracas
Away from the big march in Caracas today, a day of violence throughout Venezuela as armed chavista civilian groups collude with the forces of order to intimidate and attack opposition marchers.
In Mérida, colectivos and the police team up to attack a peaceful march
In Mérida, the tight cooperation between chavista armed groups and the security forces today was blatant, and we have the videos to prove it.
Venezuela's Opposition Calls for Escalating Protest Agenda
Caracas witnessed a big, peaceful march today, and the opposition set a deepening protest agenda for the days to come.
This is how civil resistance works. For real.
As Venezuelans prepare to face down the dictatorship on the streets today, it's maybe not to late to brush up on this whole "civil resistance" thing.
"Juicio Político" is not Impeachment (and "abandono del cargo" is a stretch)
There was an important mistake in my post last night: the Venezuelan constitution's Article 222 does allow the National Assembly to render a political judgment on the president. But that's nothing like an "impeachment." (And the 'abandono del cargo' case is...weak.)
Venezuela's Crisis Goes Kinetic
It's been one of those days when if you bend down to tie your shoelaces, you miss an important development in Venezuela's dawning Constitutional Crisis. Here's what you need to know.
Being Emil Paul Tscherrig
Give Chúo Torrealba a break. The real news from yesterday is that Monsignor Emil Paul Tscherrig, the papal envoy, got played.
Being Chúo Torrealba
You can't pre-negotiate your defiance, Chúo, por Dios.
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