07.23.17: Making Peace

National Assembly vice president Freddy Guevara called on Venezuelans today to prepare to boycott the Constituent Assembly election, which is Continue reading →

07.22.17: Standstill

The Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD) announced a bold series of protest actions for this coming week, as dozens of protesters Continue reading →

07.21.17: The Thirty Three

The National Assembly held a special session today in which it named 33 magistrates to the Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ), the Continue reading →

07.20.17: Civil Strike

Venezuelans participated today in a paro civico nacional [roughly, “national civil strike”] by staying home from school and work, leaving the streets Continue reading →

07.19.17: Permanent Threat

For the second time in as many days, the streets of Caracas was forced into gridlock starting in the early Continue reading →

07.18.17: Initiative

The streets of Caracas and other major cities across the country awoke this morning pockmarked with impromptu barricades as protesters Continue reading →

07.17.17: Zero Hour

The Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD) announced late last night that, with 95% of all votes counted, 7,186,170 Venezuelans cast Continue reading →

07.16.17: The Plebiscite

Millions of Venezuelans both at home and abroad flocked to voting centres today to take part in an unprecedented electoral Continue reading →