To end the year I’ve put together a selection of our most read posts of 2014. Of course if I really went strictly by the numbers all of them would come from February and March, at the height of the protest movement. Instead I’ve selected ten of our most read posts treating the leading issues of 2014.
February 13
Who Was Responsible for Yesterday’s Violence?
David Smilde
February 21
Protests in Abundance, Wisdom in Short Supply
Angel E Alvarez
February 25
Venezuelan Protests from the View of Western Caracas
Rebecca Hanson
March 12
La Desconfianza: the View from Western Caracas II
Rebecca Hanson
July 20
In the Face of Certainty, a Ritual Calendar Emerges
Hugo Pérez Hernáiz and David Smilde
September 9
David Smilde and Dimitris Pantoulas
October 27
Removal of Minister Reveals Tenuous State Monopoly of Violence
David Smilde and Hugo Pérez Hernáiz
November 14
Human Rights NGOs Denounce Venezuelan Government in International Hearings
Hugo Pérez Hernaíz
December 12
More on the Effects of Targeted Sanctions
David Smilde
December 24
US Cuba Rapprochement Raises Questions about Venezuela
David Smilde, Geoff Thale and Timothy Gill