News and Analysis

Regime Ends House Arrest of Judge Afiuni

Free Venezuela has long championed the cause of Maria Lourdes Afiuni, the brave judge who was first imprisoned by the chavista regime in 2009. Her ...

The CNE’s Recount Farce

No surprise in the news that Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, the CNE, has affirmed the victory of Nicolas Maduro in the April 14th presidential election. ...

Tracy Release Could Lead to U.S. Recognition of Maduro Regime

Yesterday’s meeting on the fringes of the OAS Summit in Guatemala between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Nicolas Maduro’s Foreign Minister, Elias Jaua, ...

Maduro Explodes Over Meeting Between Santos and Capriles

One of the features of life in a democracy is that opposition politicians, particularly when their political fortunes are looking promising, will meet with the ...

Cabello: “So investigate me!”

While the rest of the regime’s leaders squawk about the leaked Mario Silva recording being a fake, a patchwork  quilt of sound put together  by ...

All in the Family: Chavez Brother to Run Venezuela Judiciary

For chavismo to perpetuate itself politically, it requires a compliant judiciary. Since 2002, the regime has chipped away at the independent foundations of Venezuela’s judicial ...

Is the U.S. Giving the Maduro Regime a “Lifeline?”

According to the Washington Post, the Obama Administration is embarking on another ill-fated “reset” in its relations with an authoritarian state – in this case, ...

Venezuela Alleges Maduro “Assassination” Plot

This doesn’t bode well for the opposition. A fortnight after Henrique Capriles met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in Bogota, the Maduro regime claims ...

Molero Denies Coup Rumors

Admiral Diego Molero, the Venezuelan Defense Minister, betrayed his country’s constitutional restrictions on the role of the armed forces long ago. As Free Venezuela’s Diego ...

Capriles Confident of End to Maduro Regime

The leader of the opposition MUD coalition sounds determined and enthused in an interview with Reuters. He argues that even if the very real claims ...

Hojillagate, Revolution and Pragmatism

The following oped by Freddy Lepage was originally published by La Nacion, and has been translated by Free Venezuela staff for our English-language audience. Maduro ...

Ortega Launches Witchhunt into Silva Recording

Luisa Ortega, the chief prosecutor of “President” Nicolas Maduro’s regime, has announced that there will be what she terms an “investigation” into the “alleged” (!) ...