When Maduro starts talking about a Constitutional Convention, people notice. But was this an actual proposal? A mind game? A stray bit of a forgotten 21-year-old conversation we’re all over-interpreting? We dive into the facts.
The government of one of the world’s most dangerous countries has just started doxing its opponents. But it's the opposition that is fascist.
I was on that highway, when all hell broke loose. I would've jumped in the Guaire, too, if I'd had the chance. I just couldn't get there.
For every Venezuelan detained during protests, there is a suffering family facing fear, uncertainty, and dizzying legal requirements before a loved one can be freed. All of this is by design.
It's hard to overstate the media blackout Venezuelans are subjected to. Until you see what the government reports instead. Here's a few choice tweets from chavismo's alternate, and coldhearted, reality.
A night of looting and intense violence in Caracas's sprawling El Valle slum, directly opposite Fuerte Tiuna. Shocking images streamed onto Twitter all night, making "El Valle" a worldwide trending topic, amid a complete news blackout from censored local media.
Although marchers from both sides met several times yesterday, there was no hint of violence between them. The violence we saw pitted the opposition not against chavista civilians, but against the security forces, which launched enough tear gas at us to reach even pro-government demonstrators in Plaza Venezuela.
We sent our intrepid reporter Gaby J. Miller to hang out on Avenida Bolívar yesterday. Bizarrely enough, what she found was a party atmosphere.
The day ends with two dead, many tear gassed, news blacked out, and a regime that looks every bit as hopeless but also every bit as strong as it did this morning. Normal.
Inhabilitaciones have become the government's go-to mechanism for cherry-picking its opponents. Here's a refresher for those who've lost count.
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