A Soldier’s Pain, A General’s Contempt
A viral video reveals the state of the Venezuelan military in two minutes: soldiers overwhelmed by misery, officers treating them like scum. Is this a sign of things to come?
Politics
Maduro’s Walled Garden: New Law Would Make Pervasive Online Censorship Official
As millions of Venezuelans find their access to popular social media sites blocked by the State ISP, the government sock-puppet National Constituent Assembly discusses a draconian new Cyberspace Law.
A Pocket Insurrection and the Chavista Supreme Tribunal Speaks: Here’s What We Know
In Cotiza this morning we saw, on a small scale, elements of all three things the regime fears most: military rebellion, political mobilization, and protests in working class areas.
Guaidó Talks About The Thorny Challenge He Faces
History placed Juan Guaidó on the forefront of the Venezuelan opposition. He wasn’t looking for that, and we couldn’t have foreseen it. I talked to him about the challenge of fulfilling sky-high expectations while making sure others don’t sneak ahead of him in the final lap.
Juan Guaidó and How The Opposition Got Its Mojo Back
Some say the Guaidó episode has changed nothing. They have it wrong. Virtually overnight, the opposition’s spirits have been restored.
At the Cabildo Abierto, A Glimmer of Hope
There's something new in the air. You can feel it. Despair, tentatively, is subsiding. Listening to National Assembly members speak at the open assemblies that have now spread all throughout the country, you realize: hope is contagious.
Why Juan Guaidó Can’t Become President Right Away
Long-suffering Venezuelans are having a hard time understanding Assembly speaker Guaidó’s reluctance to claim the presidency immediately. Here’s why he can’t.
Sixty Years On, the Cuban Revolution Keeps Finding Bodies to Feed From
Bizarrely, there are still stooges willing to do battle for Cuba’s failed revolution. Will Mexico become the next petro-rich victim to Havana’s voracious parasite regime?
CANTV Blocks All of Wikipedia After ‘Edit War’ Erupts in Juan Guaidó’s Entry
National Assembly Speaker Juan Guaidó’s Wikipedia page became the battlefield in an epic “edit war” and the government responded by having CANTV, the dominant ISP, block all of Wikipedia.
I Don’t Know If the Guaidó Strategy Will Work, and Neither Does Anyone Else
Dictatorships are hard but brittle: sometimes you hit them 100 times and never see a crack, then at the 101st blow they split right open. So is Juan Guaidó delivering the 101st blow? Or the 23rd?
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