07.09.15: Smiling Faces

Maduro gave an interview to TeleSur last night in which he addressed Venezuela’s feud with Guyana regarding the Essequibo region. During the Continue reading →

05.24.15: Hunger Strike

Leopoldo Lopez has announced that he is currently on a hunger strike on a video he filmed inside the Ramo Continue reading →

05.15.15: The Emir of Qatar

Shortly after meeting with the Tamin bin Hamar al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, in the Palacio de Miraflores in Caracas, Maduro spoke Continue reading →

05.08.15: Victory Day

Mauro Vieira, Brazil’s Foreign Minister, called on the Venezuelan government to announce the date of the parliamentary elections that are Continue reading →

04.29.15: Maduro’s Mangoes

Sections of Aragua, Zulia, Miranda, Merida, Bolivar, Tachira and Lara states have apparently been experiencing sporadic blackouts throughout the day. Continue reading →

04.25.15: Ledezma in Hospital

A Caracas court ordered Antonio Ledezma’s transfer from the Ramo Verde military prison to a hospital last night so that he Continue reading →

04.24.15: Drop in the Bucket

The president of the Federacion Farmaceutica Venezolana [Venezuelan Pharmaceutical Federation], Freddy Ceballos, responded to yesterday’s announcement that the government would create a Continue reading →

04.20.15: Gerrymandering

The Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), the country’s electoral body, appears to have been caught attempting to gerrymander districts ahead of the fall Continue reading →