07.10.16: Into Colombia

Following a daring protest last week that saw a group of 500 women from Ureña, Tachira, defy a government closure of the Continue reading →

05.10.16: We Can’t Eat Toilet Paper

During a televised speech last night, the mayor of the Libertador municipality in Caracas, Jorge Rodriguez, said that the opposition Continue reading →

05.03.16: More With Less

The Ministry of Health revealed figures yesterday showing that the neonatal death rate in the country increased from 0.05% in 2014 to Continue reading →

04.30.16: Specter

Miranda state governor Henrique Capriles announced today that more than two million Venezuelans had signed a petition to begin the Continue reading →

04.26.16: CNE Budges

After weeks of unexplained delays, the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) has finally granted the Mesa de la Unidad Democratica‘s (MUD) request to begin Continue reading →

04.23.16: Calvinball

The Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ), the nation’s top court, released a surprise ruling yesterday which redraws the rules for the National Continue reading →

04.22.16: Christ’s Whip

A day after announcing that the entire country would experience rolling blackouts lasting four hours starting on Monday, Minister of Continue reading →

04.21.16: Chains

Minister of Electrical Energy Luis Motta Dominguez gave a press conference today in which he announced the government’s newest initiative to tackle Continue reading →