Amid huge street protests, opposition leader Juan Guaidó has now sworn himself in as Interim Presidency. The United States, Canada, Brazil and others recognize him; the Venezuelan Armed Forces and police do not. At a time of pervasive uncertainty, how to think about what comes next?
The word “cabildo” has been driving translators crazy all week, but these open citizen assemblies have been the inflection points of Venezuelan history for two centuries.
A viral video reveals the state of the Venezuelan military in two minutes: soldiers overwhelmed by misery, officers treating them like scum. Is this a sign of things to come?
As millions of Venezuelans find their access to popular social media sites blocked by the State ISP, the government sock-puppet National Constituent Assembly discusses a draconian new Cyberspace Law.
In Cotiza this morning we saw, on a small scale, elements of all three things the regime fears most: military rebellion, political mobilization, and protests in working class areas.
History placed Juan Guaidó on the forefront of the Venezuelan opposition. He wasn’t looking for that, and we couldn’t have foreseen it. I talked to him about the challenge of fulfilling sky-high expectations while making sure others don’t sneak ahead of him in the final lap.
Some say the Guaidó episode has changed nothing. They have it wrong. Virtually overnight, the opposition’s spirits have been restored.
There's something new in the air. You can feel it. Despair, tentatively, is subsiding. Listening to National Assembly members speak at the open assemblies that have now spread all throughout the country, you realize: hope is contagious.
Long-suffering Venezuelans are having a hard time understanding Assembly speaker Guaidó’s reluctance to claim the presidency immediately. Here’s why he can’t.
Bizarrely, there are still stooges willing to do battle for Cuba’s failed revolution. Will Mexico become the next petro-rich victim to Havana’s voracious parasite regime?
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