The year of the Constitutional Amendment Referendum brought a sobering reminder of the threat that indefinite reelection posed to a flailing democracy. The political opposition answered with a platform named after its chimera: Unity.
Photo: PSUV El Hatillo In the February 15 referendum, with 54.88% votes in favor, the possibility for Chávez to run for president as many times as he wanted...
I was your typical, dialogue-dismissing opposition cynic … until my mentor decided to take part in the Dominican Republic talks.
Original art by @modográfico The moment when chavismo finally made sense to me came while I was gazing around the duty free shops at Maiquetía airport. I remember...
Here are some random musings on the fascinating, rapidly changing U.S. election.
Photo: Noticias de Nueva Esparta PSUV started as a political party with serious internal tensions because its authorities, which haven’t really changed much over time, were handpicked. Chávez...
The generation of 2007 was the first (and only) national leadership born independent from traditional parties. They confronted power and contained it. This is the story of that fight and its aftermath.
Your Yearly Briefing for 2006. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Pity Sean Penn. (Not really). After years working to position himself as an avant-garde progressive by hitching his brand to Chávez's, his pet revolutionary starts unravelling all that work by standing by the mass-murdering Libyan regime.
Venezuelans often say that we’re all responsible for this disaster, and that's particularly true in our culture and the arts, fields that today mourn their old complicities.
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