Winners and Losers from the Opposition’s Norway Trip
Having revisited the speeches and heard how Machado escaped despite “choppy seas and strong winds,” here’s how we think the opposition fared this week
Tag: Venezuelan Opposition
A Moment of Vindication in Oslo
The speeches at the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony serve as a capstone rebuttal to those who once fell under the spell of chavismo’s social justice utopia
Jørgen Watne Frydnes on Venezuela's Struggle for Democracy
A transcript of the award ceremony speech given by Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
“María Corina Is Expected to Play with a Decorum and Finesse That Her Enemies Lack”
Cuban historian Armando Chaguaceda compares Machado’s courting of Trump to Mandela’s Soviet ties and the Churchill-Stalin alliance
María Corina’s Nobel Prize Honors the Civilian Coalition That Defeated Maduro
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize acknowledges the historic achievement of comanditos—60,000 grassroots teams that safeguarded electoral records across Venezuela to expose Maduro’s fraud in 2024
María Corina’s Nobel Prize May Boost Venezuela’s Democratic Aspirations. Here’s Why
It’s not every day your country earns a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, much less one currently forced to hide in a safe house
“When the Marines Arrive”: Dismantling the Politics of Impotence
Recent events are again putting the fate of Venezuelans in the hands of Trump and the U.S. military. It’s time to abandon this futile faith and seriously consider what may come next—and how that can go wrong
Will Broader Chavismo Break with the Maduro Regime?
Chavismo’s grassroots no longer just dissent from an anti-popular ruling elite, but they are also becoming targets of repression. Can they turn into a real opposition force?
Post-Maduro Venezuela Will Look a Lot Like Peru or El Salvador
If Maduro & Co. were to leave power, a fragmented opposition with no clear agenda could leave us with a deadlocked parliament—or a Bukele-style leader forcing reforms at any cost
Who Will Reinvent Democratic Struggle in Venezuela?
Building true bottom-up power in this new era requires discarding misleading notions of democracy and returning to fundamental practices
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