Voting isn't an act of protest, it's an act of tactical retreat. Tactical retreat is never fun. It's dispiriting, intolerable, bitter...and essential. Because the alternative is the end of organized opposition to the regime: the true Cuban scenario.
The opposition candidates for governor in Miranda are fully aware of the questions troubling us all. How good are their answers for you?
Like you, I am not very convinced on voting for governors. And when I asked one of the candidates why it is worth it, you best believe the debate was on.
Nobody likes Ismael García... but here in Aragua we're pretty much resigned to him being MUD's gubernatorial candidate.
Many candidates, zero enthusiasm — in Táchira even the hardcore opposition is rolling its eyes at MUD’s primary.
There are primaries this Sunday for governor elections in Mérida —and you probably didn’t know, or care, like most merideños around.
After losing my Venezuelan driver’s license, I expected a tortuous process to get it back. Little did I know, all you need is a printer, Internet and a big sense of humor.
With no political parties involved, society summoned a “March for the Fallen” last Wednesday. We mourned the dead, the few of us who showed up.
The people who asked for my vote in 2015 so that they could hold sessions in Parliament are no longer holding sessions in Parliament because they want to ask for my vote.
With the defenestrated Luisa Ortega Diaz traipsing around South America giving speeches denouncing government corruption, the opposition base still can’t seem to make up its mind about what to think of her.
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