September 30: Lopez Speaks

Leopoldo Lopez’s trial resumed today at approximately 4:30 PM Caracas time. Sometime during the day, Leopoldo managed to record one Continue reading →

September 8: Bread Emergency

An examination conducted by The Economist found that Caracas is one of only three cities in the world to see a dramatic decrease in the standard Continue reading →

September 7: Crimes of Passion

Venezuela suffers from one of the world’s highest homicide rates, with Caracas in particular often named as one of the Continue reading →

September 4: Rising Prices

The Superintendencia Nacional para la Defensa de los Derechos Socioeconomicos [National Superintendency for the Defence of Socio-economic Rights] (SUNDDE), the body responsible for Continue reading →

September 1: Hunger Beatings

Intense confrontations between protesters and National Guard troops in San Cristobal, Tachira left at least two people injured and three students Continue reading →

Opinion: The Land of Confusion

Ever since Maduro announced the implementation of a fingerprint scanning system as a means to combat scarcity last week, Venezuelans Continue reading →

August 31: Assertions

Diosdado Cabello, the vice-president of the National Assembly, spoke at length today on a number of topics, including the biometric Continue reading →

August 30: Orders from Above

Provea, an NGO that works to promote and defend human rights in Venezuela, attempted to visit student prisoners held in El Continue reading →