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.
Politics
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.
The Vatican Communiqué
Translation of the document read by Vatican representatives during this afternoon's controversial press conference.
#BREAKING UNASUR, MUD, PSUV and Vatican Announce Dialogue
We're not quite sure what's going on. And from the looks of it, neither does half the opposition.
If This is a Show, Who's the Audience?
A little horde of chavista agitators waltzed past the National Assembly's security yesterday and onto the floor. It was a squalid bit of showmanship, aimed at showcasing Jorge Rodríguez's control over PSUV's means of political violence.
Henry Ramos Allup's closure of today's AN session
And so ends the day in which the Venezuelan Parliament calls for Open Rebellion.
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