La Copla de Burrostein
Imagine social conflict as a donkey. A donkey that has been jacked up on hormones for 13 years, and grew into colossal, two-headed mutant with a brutal thirst for chaos. We're gonna need a bigger pen.
Almagro's Long Game
At first, pushing the Democratic Charter without having the votes first seemed like a rookie mistake. Now it looks almost visionary. Could this have been Almagro's plan all along?
"I like Obama"
Your daily briefing for Wednesday, June 15th, 2016. Translated by Javier Liendo.
The Shocking Potential of Natural Gas and Condensate
Natural-Gas Condensate. Most Venezuelans have no idea what that even means. I know what it means, though. It means the solution to a startling range of Venezuela's oil and gas problems.
PDVSA's Garish May Production Collapse
To see the single most destructive trend in Venezuela today, forget about CLAPs, about colas, the TSJ or the CNE or the CIA. Look, instead, to PDVSA's production statistics.
Paro and all
Your daily briefing for Tuesday, June 14th, 2016. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Henri and the Challenge of Stability in Transition
Taking power from chavismo? That's the easy part. The hard part comes later, when you need to stabilize the country against an organized, armed, trained chavista paramilitary opposition. Henri Falcón has thought this through. The rest of MUD hasn't.
Official Plomo
Your daily briefing for Monday, June 13th, 2016. Translated by Carlos Egaña.
Thomas Hobbes in La Vega
The end of the state's monopoly over the legitimate use of violence does not imply the end of the government; it implies the end of the state.
A Hunger Riot in La Vega
Cronica.Uno's Mabel Sarmiento Garmendia and Yohana Marra on how hunger protests escalated into a day of violence and mayhem in the Western Caracas neighborhood of La Vega on Friday.
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