Why Maduro is Mobilizing the Militia
No, it’s not a defense plan involving over four million people. It’s an attempt to remap chavista power at the community level
Passport Revocations in Venezuela: Low-Cost Post-Electoral Repression
Since the presidential election, an undetermined number of people found their passports annulled, sometimes when trying to leave Venezuela. Among them are journalists and activists
The CNE Agreement: Who’s Afraid of the Guarimba?
The Maduro government is staging a new pact not to comply with it but to use the traumas from 2017 and the middle class' anxiety
Machado's Tour in Rural Portuguesa Shows Grassroots Chavismo’s Rebellion
The viral images around Maria Corina are a case study on the obliteration of what was Chavismo’s mighty political control over the western Venezuelan plains
How Chavismo Neutered The Strength of 1990s Venezuelan Activism
The Chavez and Maduro governments co-opted activists and destroyed the conditions for the activism that partly helped them to rise
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