Cruz Verde: First Aid Right Up by El Piquete
Instead of protesting or watching from the sidelines, they risk their own skin to save those wounded in protests. Here's what it's like being a Cruz Verde volunteer.
Politics
Mérida Escalates
There was unprecedented violence at protests in Mérida on Monday, as protesters faced sharply stepped-up repression with a level of determination that's never been seen before.
Fearing Hope: Confessions of a Wrecked Mind
Venezuela wrecks your mind. Being manipulated, threatened, gaslighted, and abused with chavista mind games for a decade and a half will do that to you. The mark of that wrecked mind is a panicky fear of hope itself.
Three Venezuelan doctors die at sea
Venezuelan doctors are now sailing to Trinidad in search for supplies they can no longer find back home. This week, three of them did not make it back after their boat stalled and sank at sea.
An Inconvenient Fact: Not all debt requires National Assembly approval
The claim that “new debt cannot be contracted without Assembly approval” has been one of the opposition’s most effective lines of attack against. Unfortunately, as a matter of law, it’s mostly wrong.
A Brief History of Communism’s Constituyentes
A quick scan of ñángara constitution-making from Vladimir Lenin to Manuel Zelaya, with pitstops in Cuba, Nicaragua and the fever-swamps of Tony Negri’s philosophy.
“Who’s coming? Everyone, right?”
Perhaps Venezuelans are clueless about whether we'll reach safe harbor doing what we're doing. But one thing we’re positive about: we’re through trying to adapt ourselves to this hell.
Valencia isn't spared
For three days, Venezuela's third largest city has witnessed the worst looting since 1989. The warehouses that store and distribute much of the food Venezuela eats lay bare. There's fear in people’s eyes.
What do you mean constituent?
Reactions to Maduro’s call for a Constituent Assembly include labeling it as unconstitutional or as a strategy to distract attention away from the mess Venezuelans is facing. Here's a look at some of the most relevant statements.
Maldita Constituyente
Without a referendum that allows the people to decide whether they want a constituent or not, Chavismo is, once again, blatantly violating the constitution.
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