Patricio Aylwin, Chile's first president after the Pinochet dictatorship, died this week. A master of the "politics of the possible," his story holds many uncomfortable lessons for our own future (possible) transition, lessons we may not be willing to learn.
Yesterday in Parque Miranda, a struggling MUD dipped its toes tentatively into the waters of mass mobilization. Here's a radical idea: what if the leaders tried talking frankly with their activists for once?
The number one challenge facing foreign correspondents in Venezuela today is how to keep telling the story of decline without it all getting horribly stale and repetitive.
As I watched yesterday's drama in Brasilia, I kept thinking of Jesús Urdaneta - Chávez's first head of intelligence - who saw this whole thing coming years before Lula was even elected.
Dilma is being impeached over Brazil's version of our "bochinche parafiscal". Venezuelans, of all people, are on incredibly thin ice dismissing this stuff as a harmless technicality.
Lots has been said about the Supreme Tribunal's partisanship. Much less has been said about its insane, asinine, Nazi-based jurisprudence.
Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal has declared an all-out war against the Spanish language itself. That's all there really is to say about it.
Here's some bad news: the time when you could just ignore Miguel Rodríguez Torres is over. The former Interior Minister is making his move.
Chavismo's state governors see Maduro a problem, not a solution. Until you've thought through the implications of that, you haven't understood the game we're in.
The MUD has proven it can't legislate and plan for elections at the same time. So they must pick one and stick to it, before their honeymoon period quickly runs out.
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