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, the tight cooperation between chavista armed groups and the security forces today was blatant, and we have the videos to prove it.
Caracas witnessed a big, peaceful march today, and the opposition set a deepening protest agenda for the days to come.
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.
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.)
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.
Give Chúo Torrealba a break. The real news from yesterday is that Monsignor Emil Paul Tscherrig, the papal envoy, got played.
You can't pre-negotiate your defiance, Chúo, por Dios.
Translation of the document read by Vatican representatives during this afternoon's controversial press conference.
We're not quite sure what's going on. And from the looks of it, neither does half the opposition.
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