The Elections Are One Month Away
As we approach July 28th, we selected ten of our articles to help you understand where Venezuela stands.
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Machado's Crossing of the Andes
MarĂa Corina Machado went to areas of the Andes not visited by a presidential candidate since the late 1960s. Throughout the highlands, locals handed her gifts and asked...
The Revolving Door
Despite the signing of the Barbados agreements, this year the Venezuelan government has detained 37 political and social activists ahead of the presidential elections.
Despedir a los glaciares
The melting of Venezuela’s last glacier is already irreversible. The country will become the first in the world to lose all its glaciers. Let’s say goodbye to them.
You're Uninvited 🇪🇺
Elvis Amoroso, president of the CNE, revoked the invitation to the European Union to send an Electoral Observation Mission for the presidential elections on July 28, muddying electoral...
Across the Plains and Into the Jungle
Despite being banned from running for office, Venezuelan opposition leader MarĂa Corina Machado’s campaign supporting the candidacy of former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia has taken on epic proportion
La Victoria Chronicles
A new mass event, this time including presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, brings the MarĂa Corina phenomenon closer to the capital in a former Chavista stronghold. We went...
Elvis Gets Sanctions Relief
The European Union removed sanctions related to travel restrictions on four CNE officials as part of its efforts for “inclusive and competitive elections”, including its president Elvis Amoroso.
Adoption Chronicles
This week we have a special feature story. During his 18 years in Venezuela, Brian Ellsworth reported for Reuters, developed an accent, and adopted a child. Now that...
Uncharted Waters
The CNE –to everyone’s surprise and with the deadline about to end– accepted the parties’ endorsement of González Urrutia. t’s clear the opposition’s insistence on proxies and substitutes...
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