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 →

03.03.16: Tumult

The National Assembly continued to stand in defiance to a recent ruling by the TSJ which stripped it of the Continue reading →

MUD Legislative Proposals (Translation)

Last week, the Mesa de la Unidad Democratica published a document in which it outlined its vision for the National Continue reading →

09.11.15: 2029

Last night, Leopoldo Lopez was found guilty by judge Susana Barreiros last night for the crimes of associating for the Continue reading →

06.07.15: Felipe Gonzalez

Felipe Gonzalez, the Prime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996, arrived in Venezuela today and was welcomed at the Simon Continue reading →

04.01.15: Semana Santa

The director of Econometrica, Henkel Garcia, said today that the government’s insistence on operating three different exchange rates – CENCOEX (Bs. Continue reading →

02.25.15: Inverosimil

Maduro spoke Kluivert (incorrectly spelled “Kluiberth” in yesterday’s update) Roa’s death last night from an event in Trinidad and Tobago. Maduro Continue reading →

01.30.15: A Very Beautiful Law

The fallout from a new law allowing the military to carry and use firearms to suppress peaceful demonstrations continued today, Continue reading →