A Chavismo of Nightmares
In Germany in the 1930s, a journalist took to collecting and curating people’s nightmares. I reflect on the terrible relevance that project has for Venezuelans today.
Delcy’s Christmas Wishes
As Delcy Rodríguez humiliates recently released political prisoners by carefully erasing their experiences, we meditate on the perverts’ fraught relationship with the truth.
Gilber Caro’s Hunger
National Assembly member Gilber Caro is the face of triumph over extraordinary obstacles. He is also the face of Maduro's unspeakable cruelty. He could be dead soon if he doesn't get help.
Reflections on Our Caribbean Punk Rock Protest Chamos
Enough tut-tutting the youngsters on the street taking big risks for ‘La Resistencia.’ The truth is, without their energy and commitment, we have no movement.
Senseless Death
We are suffering from our delusions of grandeur, the “magical state”, the winner takes all mentality. And, all around, the stench is of ever increasing destruction, of senseless death.
Protesting on the Field
The government's gone all out to keep any sign of the crisis off of Venezuela's broadcast media. They weren't counting on Venezuela's brave fútbolistas.
Nudity, Military Power and Civil Resistance
Awareness of vulnerability might be a key factor in opening space for the development of non-military solutions, “just as denial of this vulnerability through a fantasy of mastery can fuel the instruments of war."
Where Mass Graves are 'Normal', Normality Isn't
As massacres become a weekly event in Venezuela, mass graves are crafting a new abnormal normality, rendering empathy impossible and dehumanizing us little by little.
Marcelo Crovato's Catch 22
It’s hard to see the upside of being put under house arrest for political reasons. Sure, you get a cop outside your door. As Marcelo Crovato recently found out, that's not that useful a perk.
The Violent Innocence of The Caracazo
The events of 1989 carry traces of social trauma: it transcends history and lives ambivalently as a portmanteau fantasy, carrying both fears and desires.
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