01.23.17: The People’s Streets

The Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD) staged its biggest protest in over a month in Caracas today to demand that the Continue reading →

01.22.17: The Sinaloa Connection

Following the extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States this past Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice Continue reading →

01.21.17: Carnet de la Patria

Venezuelans lined up at registration centres all across the country today to register for the carnet de la patria [loosely, “homeland card”], Continue reading →

01.20.17: The Weapon

Yesterday, the Comision Nacional de Telecomunicaciones [National Telecommunications Commission] (CONATEL) opened an investigation into the Globovision network after the station aired an interview Continue reading →

01.19.17: To Guarantee Peace

Yesterday afternoon, Miranda state governor and leading opposition figure Henrique Capriles announced that the march planned for January 23 will Continue reading →

01.18.17: Only Joking

Yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Oscar Lopez Rivera, a political prisoner who has been in prison for 35 Continue reading →

01.17.17: Happy/Combat March

The head of the Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD), Jesus Torrealba, said today that he would present a proposal to restructure Continue reading →

01.16.17: Continental War

The Voluntad Popular (VP) party issued a warning today that the Maduro regime may continue its persecution of the party’s members Continue reading →