01.10.17: The Coupist Manifesto

Following yesterday’s declaration from the National Assembly that Maduro had abandoned his position as President of the Republic, Miranda state Continue reading →

10.05.16: Stray Dogs

In Venezuela, prisons are typically run by an inmate called the pran who controls many of the prison’s activities, including the import Continue reading →

08.05.16: PGV

Following threats of intervention by PSUV vice-president and National Assembly deputy Diosdado Cabello, authorities raided the Mercado Mayorista de Valencia [Valencia Wholesale Continue reading →

07.26.16: CW-1

Jorge Rodriguez – the mayor of the Libertador municipality – and Aragua state governor Tarek El Aissami met at the Consejo Continue reading →

03.22.16: Power

The head of the largest private business organization in the country, FEDECAMARAS, said in a television interview earlier today that that Continue reading →

01.27.16: El Conejo

In an effort to curb the scarcity crisis affecting the country, Maduro created the Minister of Urban Agriculture, a body Continue reading →

04.27.15: Catia

A mutiny at the National Bolivarian Police’s Centro de Cordinacion Policial headquarters in the Catia neighbourhood of Caracas left one detainee Continue reading →

December 16: Extraordinary Measures

Minister of Foreign Affairs Rafael Ramirez reiterated today comments made by Maduro yesterday that “extraordinary economic measures” were on the Continue reading →