Oletta: 200,000 Venezuelans will Contract Malaria by 2017
In an in-depth interview, Dr. José Felix Oletta explains the full extent of the Malaria epidemic and the collapse of the public health system.
Politics
The Oil Price-Conuco Nexus
Have you ever noticed how the government's infatuation with "urban agriculture" always seems to flare up when oil revenues collapse?
Lilian shows why Civil Disobedience is about much more than guarimbas
This morning, as she forced 25 boxes worth of medical supplies into the J.M. de los Ríos Children’s hospital, Lilian Tintori showed what “civic and peaceful protest” is all about.
In a Show of Unity, MUD Doubles Down on a 2016 Recall
With a tarima that ran the spectrum, from Henri Falcón on the left to María Corina Machado on the right, MUD announces a protest agenda for the 2016 recall.
Why We Need to Insist on a Recall That Will Never Happen
Attacking MUD for insisting on an unrealistic 2016 recall is like attacking Rosa Parks for unrealistically insisting on sitting in the front of the bus: a spectacular bit of point-missing.
A Manifesto for Team Screwed
A few days ago, Quico tried to throw the MUD a bone and help them through their four-day long colonic deliberation in responding to the latest anal rape...
Shrödinger's MUD
Somehow, this weekend, MUD has contrived to be both very much alive and totally dead at the same time. Which one is it? We'll find out Monday.
When Hunger Knocks on Your Door
Elsa has worked the last 53 years of her life and she can’t retire with dignity because her salary as a university professor, her pension, and what her children bring in is not enough.
A Playbook for MUD
MUD needs to participate in the 20% signature drive, but on its terms: creating parallel mechanisms for disenfranchised people to formally register their disenfranchisement, and setting the stage for a campaign of civil disobedience.
Opposition Reacts (sort of) to CNE's Hope-Destroying 20% Statement
We look through the opposition Twittersphere to take the temperature of an opposition on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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