Editor's note

Bankruptcy. Hunger. Creeping despotism. Mass exodus. Popular uprisings. The world has watched this past year as Venezuela, once a rich and stable South American nation, has descended into chaos.

Today, Miguel Angel Latouche reports from Caracas, where a general strike has shut down the city and daily protests have become “something close to anarchy”. And for those seeking a deeper dive, we’ve compiled The Conversation Global’s best news and analysis on Venezuela’s crisis, written by the people who live it every day.

Catesby Holmes

Global Commissioning Editor

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In the face of rising protest, Venezuela’s government has called on the military to squelch dissent. Efecto Eco /Wikimedia

For Venezuela, there may be no happily ever after

Miguel Angel Latouche, Universidad Central de Venezuela

Venezuela's opposition has called a 48-hour strike to stop the Maduro government from rewriting the nation’s constitution. But grassroots democracy may not be able to save the Bolivarian Republic.

Politics + Society

  • Global series: Venezuela's collapse

    Stephan Schmidt, The Conversation; Catesby Holmes, The Conversation

    The best news and analysis of Venezuela's dangerous descent into crisis, written by local economists and political scientists who are living it every day.

Arts + Culture

Environment + Energy

Science + Technology