Luisa Ortega's highly anticipated speech in Brazil to fellow Prosecutors General included no actual evidence, at least one crazy exaggeration, and ultimately did more to undermine her credibility than the regime's.
The head of Venezuela’s all-powerful Constituent Assembly learned the hard way that if you want to snarl, you’re better off doing it in public than one-on-one with the leader.
The long-delayed and keenly-awaited appointment of 33 new justices for the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) is upon us. Who are these people, anyway?
I’m old enough to remember the last time we went for a Paro Cívico Nacional. It was an enormous fiasco. Here’s how to sidestep the mistakes of the past.
Each time the Supreme Tribunal hands down a crazy decision, people expect me – as a lawyer – to comment on it. I won’t. Not any more.
Show trials, viral videos, unappointments and reappointments, former foes turned friends and friends turned foe. More has happened to Prosecutor General since Monday than happens to a normal person in a lifetime.
For years, Brazil’s been cashing in on Venezuelan repression. But with the latest sale of tear gas stopped by the Foreign Ministry, that’s now changing.
We know virtually nothing about Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega Díaz. It’s probably best to assume she sees us as entirely disposable tactical allies.
Those who invoke the 1999 constitution for opposing Maduro's Constituyente don't understand the one true tenet of Chávez's legacy: the despicable habit of changing the rules of the game, instead of respecting them.
During her trial for corruption, the Brazilian woman behind Chávez's 2012 campaign reveals damning information about chavismo’s dark side.
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