The 2016 dialogue process in context
What's been happening has everybody -politicians included- confused. Let's take some baby steps to try and understand.
Politics
María's Burden
María is sick of the crisis. Literally. Neurologically.
The government steals medicine donated by the Catholic church
What the Humanitarian Channel looks like in practice.
Narcopricks
Efraín, Franqui, thank you, we hope you keep talking. Have fun in jail
The Chavista Who Lives Inside Every Opositor
After Quico wrote a furious denunciation of his Facebook status, Alejandro Velasco took the time to compose this wide-ranging reply.
A propósito del asalto a El Estímulo
El periodismo en Venezuela no ha muerto. Sigue ahí. Vivo. Escurridizo. Colándose entre los barrotes. Tan urgente como siempre. A pesar de todo, claro. Lo que hemos visto...
MUD leaders try to build unity on a foundation of contempt for the base
The growing chasm between MUD's putative leaders and the activist base is growing to crisis levels...but instead of listening, MUD's negotiators have decided to lecture us like we're five year olds.
What the conflict takes from us
There is no handbook for riding out a dictatorship. We demand our politicians give us certainties nobody can give, then attack them when they refuse to lie to us.
The Student Movement's Mission Impossible
The Movimiento Estudiantil can't be what it was in 2007. But maybe we could even be more.
An Agreement Binding Only On Us
If the government won't accept a new Supreme Tribunal, mediation is a farce. (And the government won't accept a new Supreme Tribunal.)
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