I love this photo of my friend and co-director, Arturo Albarrán that I took at the Berkeley Marina two months after his arrival in the US on the “Parole Program” our government is offering Haitians and Venezuelans. I’m especially grateful to have Arturo living with us today as we commemorate the UN Day of the Victimes of Enforced Disappearances. I found out about the commemoration from one of Venezuela’s most courageous, productive and brilliant journalists, Clavel Rangel. Her article on those disappeared by Maduro is posted today at Caracas Chronicles, and you shouldn’t miss it.
Another post you should read is Marcy’s and my article posted a few days ago at Waging Nonviolence. Read it if you’d like a good overview of the elections and our suggestions about how they might be understood in Alice’s Looking-Glass, Venezuela-United States politics.