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What’s Worse: Torture or Starvation? Venezuelans to Answer Today

  • Debating the risks of taking to the streets to protest Maduro
  • Texts from friends who live abroad: ‘Is it real this time?’
Pence Calls Venezuela's Maduro 'a Dictator With No Legitimate Claim to Power'

Editor’s Note: There are few places as chaotic or dangerous as Venezuela. “Life in Caracas” is a series of short stories that seeks to capture the surreal quality of living in a land in total disarray.

On the eve of what could be the biggest anti-government protest in years, Caracas has erupted in heated debate. It’s going on everywhere, in cafes and at supermarkets and on Whatsapp.