A Swamp Gulag for Immigrants
As ICE systematically targets Venezuelans, the Trump administration unveiled Alligator Alcatraz in a state where our community is a significant minority. Here’s what you need to know about...
El Feed
Let's Help the Andes
Heavy rains impacting the Venezuelan Andes have destroyed roads, isolated towns, and displaced thousands of families. Mérida and Trujillo are the states hardest hit right now. Below are...
A Pariah's Weakspots
Israel and the U.S. are exposing Iran’s vulnerabilities, stirring chavista fears over their own defense and personal security weaknesses—and their isolation from powerful allies
Locked Up For Discussing Inflation?
Just days after several Venezuelan economists warned about rising inflation, two economic researchers went missing on Wednesday, June 11. We quoted one of them in last week’s posts...
Inflation Bells Ring Louder and Louder
Fears of economic collapse mount and Venezuelan economists are raising the alarm. According to the Venezuelan Finance Observatory, inflation in May reached 26%, pushing the annual rate to...
Cracking Down on Black Market Benjamins
The bolívar keeps falling, the brecha cambiaria remains wide, and the lack of foreign currency persists. Now, Maduro & Co. resort to repression against exchange rate trackers
Wince Like It's 1988
Save for now-defunct democratic institutions, Venezuela’s map once again resembles the pre-1989 era, when all 23 governors were handpicked by the president. The National Assembly will again look...
Diosdado Finally Gets Guanipa
Regime agents captured Primero Justicia’s Juan Pablo Guanipa on Friday, a leading opposition figure from this decade. Another setback for the Venezuelan democratic struggle
The "Extraction" Plot Twist
An epic account of María Corina’s mother and top aides fleeing Venezuela has given the opposition leader a jolt of oxygen and renewed attention. Can the momentum last?
Back to Shady Business
As secondary sanctions on PDVSA oil enter their second month, Maduro & Co. are predictably turning to opaque intermediaries to keep Venezuelan crude flowing to Asia.
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