November 17: Free Fall

Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister, was in Moscow today to hold a meeting with Igor Sechin, the president of the Continue reading →

November 15: Because I Said So

Lilian Tintori, Leopoldo Lopez’s wife, said that she was denied visitation rights with her husband, since he is being held Continue reading →

November 5: Guns

Some of Venezuela’s colectivos – an association of pro-government militias – has loudly rejected a government plan to disarm the citizenry Continue reading →

October 26: Empty Threats

Colonel Homero Miranda – the man in charge of the Ramo Verde Military Prison – spoke to Leopoldo Lopez last Continue reading →

October 25: Moving Day

Lilian Tintori announced today that her husband, Leopoldo Lopez, was being moved from his cell in the Ramo Verde military Continue reading →

October 20: Importing Oil

Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed “serious concern” at the continued detention of opposition Continue reading →

October 16: The Big Leagues

Venezuela won its bid to occupy a seat at the United Nations Security Council today, the international organization’s most powerful Continue reading →

October 14: Risky Business

A team of Harvard University professors said that Venezuela is likely to default on its foreign debt in the short Continue reading →