Nicolás ‘clarified’ that he didn’t break relations with the U.S., but with Trump. The 72-hour deadline for the U.S. Embassy approaches. #GuaidóChallenge made the rounds on social media. The Bank of England denied Nicolás’s request to get his hands on Venezuelan gold.
Nothing spells ‘endgame’ like a distressed authoritarian government, with its legitimacy rapidly vanishing in the eyes of the international community, trying and failing to plunder its nation’s riches one last time.
Guaidó from Chacao and on the internet, Maduro from Miraflores in a mandatory broadcast. One of them was determined, confident, conciliatory. The other one was Maduro.
The Venezuelan crisis is burning a hole through Spain’s political scene, as the opposition skewers Prime Minister Sánchez for a weak, dithering response as he's held hostage by his unambiguously chavista allies in Podemos.
Venezuelans in the diaspora can contribute both to the countries that host them and to the country they’re from. At this crucial juncture, all the Venezuelan abroad can play a crucial role. Here’s how.
Newspapers all around the world headlined with the news about an Interim President in Venezuela. Pompeo said that Venezuela will get $20 million in humanitarian aid. Prominent chavistas mentioned dialogue and Nicolás “joked” about having Guaidó killed.
On this date, 181 years ago, an autocrat who had betrayed his mentor launched an attack on the parliament using a supposedly spontaneous mob. It was General José Tadeo Monagas’s last move to hold absolute power.
The region’s diplomats are throwing the standard diplomatic librito out the window to recognize Juan Guaidó, even though he doesn’t actually run the country. There are obvious risks involved.
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