Jesús Armas and the Heavy Price of Defying Maduro
Armas remains an emblematic case of systemic persecution against opposition organizers from the 2024 campaign. Allies of Machado and her party still bear the brunt
Tag: Venezuelan Opposition
Political Paralysis and Re-Election Syndrome are Two Signs from the Municipal Vote
The upcoming vote on July 27 reflects both Machado’s call for abstention and the broader paralysis of local leadership, with 60% of incumbent mayors seeking to retain their post
Let’s Stop Fooling Ourselves about a So-Called Democratic International Community
Believing there has ever been a just global order—or that Venezuela once belonged to a league of spotless democracies—only distorts our hopes for change and muddles our aspirations as a country
María Corina Says the Score is 4-0. But Who’s Winning?
María Corina Machado insists on selling four victories that don’t match with Venezuela’s political reality
How an Election Designed to Deceive Exposed the Truth
The regional and parliamentary election that the Maduro regime organized to turn the page on 28J had the opposite effect: laying out the landscape that emerged from the 2024 presidential election fraud
Villains Only? Assessing The Joker’s “Mega Election” Party
The Joker sent out selective invites for a lousy “mega election.” A few supposed adversaries made the guest list and others cry betrayal. Will attendance be worth it or does it make odd guests part of the act?
What to Do About the May 25 Elections?
The vote-or-boycott dilemma is only part of a deeper issue. Strengthening society as a whole, rather than blindly voting or supporting leaders, should be the path forward in combating the regime
To Vote or Not to Vote, Is That Still the Question?
While an opposition faction seeks to expand systemic pockets of power and another views abstention as a moral imperative, the May mega-vote is all about their inability to sustain unity
What If It’s Venezuelan Society That Collapses—Not the Regime?
Machado’s suffocation thesis may be based on false premises. For Venezuelan society, caught between repression and political “firmas,” the way forward must be organization beyond parties
Selling the Underground Chest
María Corina and Edmundo’s pitch to Trump—ousting the regime in exchange for opening Venezuela’s oil industry—involves an outdated project that Maduro himself could still hijack
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