12.24.17: Forty-Two

Since the announcement from the Constituent Assembly yesterday afternoon that the Maduro regime would free as many as 80 political Continue reading →

12.23.17: Substitute Measures

Maduro’s Constituent Assembly announced today that it was willing to conditionally release as many as 80 political prisoners in exchange Continue reading →

12.22.17: Running on Empty

Venezuela’s western states continued to experience chronic gasoline shortages today, prolonging a week-long deficit of the vital commodity.The shortages have Continue reading →

12.21.17: A Convenient Opposition

The country’s largest opposition parties–Accion Democratica (AD), Primero Justicia (PJ) and Voluntad Popular (VP)–issued a joint statement this morning condemning the Constituent Assembly’s decision Continue reading →

12.20.17: Bamboo Stick

The Constituent Assembly voted today to make sweeping changes to Caracas’ administrative landscape, erasing the capital city’s metropolitan boundaries. The Continue reading →

12.19.17: Operation Genesis

Yesterday’s daring overnight raid on the National Guard barracks in Los Teques, Miranda state was orchestrated and carried out by Continue reading →

12.18.17: Libertad 350

A massive power outage paralyzed much of Caracas for most of the day, as well as two neighbouring states. The Continue reading →

12.17.17: The Bully

Attorney General Tarek William Saab engaged in a violent and crass war of words with Esteban Gerbasi, a Venezuelan Twitter Continue reading →