Workplace Absenteeism Takes Over PDVSA Gas Anaco
Oil industry workers in Anaco don’t show up to work anymore. Why risk life and limb for salaries that just won’t put food on the table anymore?
Politics
As CNE Moves the Goal Posts, Primero Justicia Activists Fight Like Hell, Fall Short
Primero Justicia failed to collect enough signatures to retain official party status last weekend. Activists were trying to recover from those days, but last night the CNE said they wouldn't get a second chance.
Anti-Hate Law Used to Harass Media
Security and intelligence agencies are enforcing the Anti-Hate Law, even though it stems from an illegitimate institution. First they went for protesters, now a Cumaná newspaper became the first in its kind to be under investigation.
The Opposition Doesn't Know What Democracy is Either
We have been focusing on the government’s dictatorial nature for so long, we might have been missing one important circumstance: what if, when observing carefully, we found similar trends in the opposition, too?
Cash Crisis in Guayana "Pica y se Extiende" (Part I)
Caraqueños dealing with faulty and slow points-of-sale should know: it’s even worse in the rest of the country. Having cash may mean you’ll afford dinner, since prices are cheaper if you pay cash.
Losing Official Party Status, Voluntad Popular Staggers Toward Irrelevance
Diosdado Cabello’s multi-year crusade to render Voluntad Popular into a forgotten footnote in Venezuelan history looks maddeningly close to success.
Breaking News: TSJ Bans MUD from April Presidential Ballot
In a sign of things to come, the regime bars the opposition coalition from appearing in April's ballot just hours after VP took itself out of contention, as well.
Turning Yesteryear's Bullshit into No-Joke Reality, a Communist Achievement
For years, chavismo fed the old canard about poor people being forced to eat dog food before the revolution came. It was a lie...until they made it true.
How Diosdado’s Cunning Plan Could Spectacularly Backfire
It wouldn’t be the first time an overconfident authoritarian government pushed forward into an election they were certain they couldn’t possible lose… and lost.
April Elections: This is not a drill
There are lots of good reasons for chavismo to want to rush a presidential vote: Getting ahead of a worsening economy. Taking advantage of a listless opposition. Playing on opposition splits. Leveraging our distrust of elections.
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