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What if the Dictatorship is Just Starting?
Venezuelans will only survive this ordeal by nurturing the diaspora and figuring out how to organize without mainstream politicians. These are our options before a resilient regime and a hostile international environment
U.S. Seizes Venezuelan Aircraft Used by Officials for "Private Flights"
The seized PDVSA plane was used by VP Delcy Rodríguez, along with Maduro officials' friends and family, for leisure trips. It has been under U.S. Treasury sanctions since 2020
The Revocation of TPS for Venezuela has Impact Beyond U.S. Borders
A lack of solidarity with the Venezuelan community in the U.S. and the primacy of a purported “national interest” without empirical basis threaten the status of migrants and international cooperation on these matters
Rafael Caldera and the Unclaimed Paternity of Chavismo
Rafael Caldera is often blamed for releasing Hugo Chávez from prison after his failed coup. Here’s the context in which those events unfolded
Tolerating Maduro
Some thoughts on what the recent developments from Grenell's visit with Maduro may or may not mean for Venezuela
Venezuela Is a Domestic Issue for Trump. Nothing More
Takeaways from Donald Trump's inauguration regarding Venezuela
Schrödinger's Tyranny
In theory, the dictatorship is both alive and dead. To deal with this uncertainty, the democratic leadership must stop depending on a single person and face the regime with much more than faith
The Forced Disappearance of Carlos Correa
This journalist and human rights activist spent more than 200 hours isolated before his conditional release, sounding several alarms over the rising risks faced by NGOs and independent media amid escalating state violence
221 Politicians, 23 Journalists, and Six Human Rights Activists Detained Since the Presidential Elections
The second half of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 have been marked by one of the "most severe human rights crises in recent history," according to the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela
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