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They Pit Us Against Each Other So We Don’t Confront Them

Reinaldo’s cell phone rings: someone is stuck in the elevator of our building during the power cut this Thursday.

As expected by all concerned, today’s announcement tries to close the door on any challenges and leave Maduro in power until 2031.

The thinking goes: Organized civil society in all its forms must be eliminated and total dependence on the government fomented.

Winston Churchill once stated in a speech that “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”

A ration of personal hygiene supplies that are reduced to soap, toothpaste and perhaps a little detergent to wash clothes.

There was an unusual sense of hope going into Venezuela’s 28 July election. Democracy seemed on the horizon. Could voting bring change?

Just when the heat is at its peak in this country, the government acknowledges the existence of another serious crisis in power generation.

In Nicaragua, we know what it means to leave the oppressors unpunished and to falsely close dark periods of our history.

Venezuela has begun executing their “Operation Tun Tun,” which allows massive imprisonment, express trials, and numerous disappearances.

“An evil man is capable of burning his own nation to the ground to rule over its ashes.” -Sun Tzu