February Chronicles I: Beating @ Monaco
This testimony belongs to a friend. It was posted in Spanish on his Facebook wall. Altamira, February 19th 2014. “After the second sweep of Plaza Altamira we took...
Politics
Let Facebook Know They're Collaborating With Venezuelan State Censorship
UPDATE: The block has been lifted… Disturbingly, my last post has been reported to Facebook as “Dangerous Content” and blocked from distribution. Please share the link on Facebook,...
The Game Changed in Venezuela Last Night - and the International Media Is Asleep At the Switch
FEBRUARY 20TH, 2014 Dear International Editor: Listen and understand. The game changed in Venezuela last night. What had been a slow-motion unravelling that had stretched out over many...
19F - The Night Venezuela Finally Imploded
Tonight, Venezuela is seeing a spasm of violence that’s unlike anything the country has experienced since 1989. Information is fragmented, since an almost complete media black-out is in...
19F - en español
Esta noche, Venezuela sufre una ola de violencia a una escala que no se veía desde 1989. La informacion es fragmentaria, ya que hay un casi total apagón...
Day of protest #15
From the wee hours, the National Guard blocked all access to Municipio Libertador, barring any chance that the march could reach the Ministry of Justice. Heavy riot police...
Leopoldo López turned himself in (Updated + Info on Valencia)
Two days after announcing it in a video message, Leopoldo López surrendered himself to the National Guard today in Caracas. After the march he called for was stopped...
Is Capriles following the Pope's advice?
When Henrique Capriles ran for President last April, he was so vicious we started calling him the “Miranda pitbull.” Gone were the days when he didn’t even mention...
Hey Quico: here's a steaming pile of words for you to eat.
Check out this protest in non-middle-class-sifrino-stronghold-Altamira, but very-much-western-Caracas-working class Caricuao. That’s a grand total of three subway stops from Antimano, the neighbourhood where Quico was telling us just...
Spoiler Alert
Some time I picked to stop blogging about Venezuela, right? Yeesh! OK, so call this the first of a series of – hopefully rare – Ilan Chester-style guest...
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