Anatomy of an Olla
The sight of the dictatorship closing ranks against its newest political prisoner, Yon Goicoechea, on the basis of planted evidence is profoundly enraging.
Politics
Yon Goicoechea: Kidnapped, not arrested
VP leader Yon Goicoechea is the latest victim of the government’s Cuban-style preventive repression rampage in the run-up to September 1st.
A Bang on the Door at 3 in the Morning
As SEBIN thugs bang on Daniel Ceballos's door at 3 in the morning and trundle him off to jail, it's hard to shake the sense that the government has fully embraced its Pariah State status.
Do you want to sign? Or do you want to eat?
An Universidad de Los Andes student finds out the hard way what it really means when the government treats food like a benefit.
Catia Chronicles
Home made Baygon, pre-kneaded masa, repurposed vegetables...to survive the crisis, people in Catia are having to dig deep into their reserves of ingenuity.
Los 10,000 Muertos Que Firmaron: X-Ray of a Dirty Trick
Jorge Rodríguez's propaganda claim — ¡10,000 muertos firmaron el revocatorio! — has been repeated a million times in official media. But how did they come to that figure? We take you on a tour of one of chavismo's most nausea-inducing dirty tricks of recent years.
10 Olympic Sports that could win Venezuela the Gold
Venezuela has a history of sucking hard at the Olympics. Maybe we’ve been participating in the wrong disciplines.
Could killing the 2016 recall break the chavista coalition?
We tend to overestimate chavismo's room for maneuver. But killing the 2016 recall puts huge strain on the pro-government coalition. If it didn't, they would've done it months ago.
Tibisay Drives a Stake Through the Heart of the 2016 Maduro Recall
Today's announcement kills the prospect of an early presidential election following a recall vote, since a late January 2017 recall would leave Maduro's vice-president to close out his term.
Confronting El Caracazo
There are two options when confronting Caracazo: digesting it, or spitting it out. Either we see it as an Estallido Social of shortsightedness and savage chaos, or as the awareness-creating moment of a massive political movement against imperialist neoliberalism. Two readings, two Venezuelas.
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