A Backchannel is Betrayed
Why would you make a secret back channel public? Because you are strong? Just the opposite: you lash out when you realize you're too weak to impose impossible demands.
Politics
How Mérida became Venezuela
Every merideño grew up knowing there was something special about this place, "a university with a city inside." Mérida isn't like Venezuela. Or it never had been. It sure wasn't supposed to be. Now it is.
The Only Thing We've Learned is Helplessness
The thing that's keeping chavismo in power isn't CNE, or the Supreme Tribunal, or even the army. It's the opposition's deep conviction that we're powerless against them.
Multimagen para un Sueño
Can you help J.J. start a new life and give an amazing piece of Venezuelan history a loving new home? It's what Rómulo would've wanted.
LVL, Magdaleno, Seijas Rodríguez: Venezuela After 1S
I wanted to know where we stand following the September 1st protests. So I picked up the phone, called three leading Venezuelan experts and asked them.
Radio Caracas Chronicles: The Health Care Crisis
I am a tourist telling stories with my iPhone, witnessing the slow torture of the Venezuelan people. I've never seen anything like it.
World's Least Memorable Self-Coup
How far down the rabbit hole is Venezuela? So far down that one branch of government just basically shut down another branch, and we basically yawned it off.
Julio's Campo
My neighbor Julio did everything right — worked, planned, invested for the future. I recently went with him to see his campo, the small farm he'd staked everything on. There's...virtually nothing left.
Max Weber in Villa Rosa
There's a big difference between power and authority. Max Weber knew it, and Maduro's finding out.
What the Glorious Army of El Libertador is up to these days
Henceforth, these 18 officers will be in charge of these 18 products. Do not adjust your sets, this is not a parody. (OK...the video is.)
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