01.23.17: The People’s Streets

The Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD) staged its biggest protest in over a month in Caracas today to demand that the Continue reading →

12.31.16: Dictatorship or Democracy

Maduro published his end-of-the-year message yesterday, admitting that 2016 was “difficult” but hopeful that 2017 would be better. Maduro published Continue reading →

11.02.16: Firing from the Hip

The tenuous status of the dialogue between the PSUV and the Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD) appears to be on Continue reading →

Almagro’s Letter: “The End of Democracy”

Last night, the secretary general of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, published an open letter to Leopoldo Lopez Continue reading →

08.19.16: Endorgan the Child

Speaking in a televised speech last night, Maduro dared the opposition to take to the streets in protest against his Continue reading →

08.16.16: An Alarming Situation

A human rights NGO called Proiuris has leaked the court of appeals decision that upheld Leopoldo Lopez’s conviction last week. While the result of the Continue reading →

08.13.16: Commander of Dignity

Following an agreement between Bogota and Caracas on Thursday to re-open the border between the two countries, pedestrians were able Continue reading →

08.02.16: Above the Law

  Earlier today, the Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD) handed in the paperwork officially requiring that the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) Continue reading →