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.
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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?
The Lights Went Out at a Caracas Hospital, Then Patients Started Dying
During a politically convulsed weekend, a blackout leaves one of Caracas’ biggest hospitals without electricity for hours, causing several deaths and highlighting—for the millionth time—the urgent need for political change in the country.
Military Intelligence Agencies Torture Dissidents’ Relatives
What’s Ariana’s crime? Having a family member thought to be plotting against the government. A new human rights low.
No, Juan Guaidó Did Not Declare Himself President Today
Confusion is rife over what exactly National Assembly Speaker Guaidó really said at today’s “Cabildo” assembly. No, he did not proclaim himself president. Yes, he said he’s ready to do so. Soon. And called for protests.
Not Even ‘Maduristas’ Showed Up To Celebrate Maduro’s Inauguration
On the day of his “inauguration” the streets around the TSJ weren’t even half full. Caracas traffic didn’t collapse because of hundreds of buses, like we saw during chavismo’s golden years. Some people were honest about being there for the free food, others weren’t sure about questions of legitimacy.
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