Is Bukele Being Serious?
El Salvador’s strongman has proposed handing over 252 Venezuelans detained in the CECOT mega-prison in exchange for the release of 252 political prisoners in Venezuela. Surprisingly, Maduro’s chief...
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A Vote by Invitation Only
Un Nuevo Tiempo is the only opposition party being allowed to run in the May 25th vote for new governors, lawmakers and state legislatures.
April 11, Remembered
Twenty-three years later, the ghosts of Chávez’s comeback, the spectacular failure of Carmona and mass protests from that day still haunt us. Two key reads from the blog’s...
Watching Markets Sink from Afar
Venezuelan imports to the U.S. now face a 15% tariff as part of Trump’s renewed trade war—but somehow, the country has bigger problems to worry about
Economic Déjà Vu
Venezuelans brace for another year of dwindling purchasing power. The black market exchange rate has once again hit 100 Bs per USD.
The New Oil Play
America First on Venezuela keeps shifting: Chevron’s wind-down deadline is now May 27, while the U.S. is set to enforce secondary sanctions on any other country buying oil...
Dispatched Without Due Process
No, it’s not Maduro & Co. we’re talking about. Families and lawyers of Venezuelan migrants arrested in the U.S. and sent to El Salvador are raising alarms: many...
Mayor Hunting on the Lake
Four Zulia mayors have been arrested after Diosdado announced that 5.4 tons of cocaine were seized in the state. Three officials are chavistas, and one belongs to Acción...
A Nation Adrift
With deep foreign aid cuts, increasing travel restrictions, and energy companies being pushed out, Venezuelans face growing isolation 50 days into Trump’s return
Teasing Guyana Again
On Saturday, a Venezuelan Coast Guard patrol entered disputed waters where ExxonMobil operates, approaching an oil production vessel. Captains from each side had a tense exchange over the...
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