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Each time Maduro set up so-called “popular consultations,” demands for improved public services across Mérida have been systematically ignored
With this 1992 historical novel, Ana Teresa Torres displayed soaring literary skill and a unique perspective on the many transformations of Venezuela between the colonial era and the end of the 20th century
US-Israel strikes killed Khamenei and many others, but Tehran is no Caracas. The world is left wondering whether the region faces an even worse conflict, or if a Delcy-like caretaker drawn from Iran’s own establishment will emerge.
From Afghanistan to Venezuela, countries in crisis have to compete for the world’s short attention span. But to what end?
What began as an anti-imperialist bromance between Chávez and Ahmadinejad evolved into a shadowy alliance, marked by criminal networks and shared schemes to hold onto power under pressure
“We’re not reading too much into Márquez’s appearance at Trump’s SOTU, other than a ‘good TV’ moment crafted by the Trump administration, but we’reseeing how different sectors in the opposition or the marginalized chavismo who distrust Machado (and are distrusted by her in return) are pitching Márquez as THE transition figure. And it is clear by the way he speaks post SOTU that he’s seeing himself in that role. Even if Machado should be the prohibitive favorite in a future election, those in the opposition, and those in between the opposing and chavismo, that don’t support her—some outright despise her—will surely run a candidate against her.
“Márquez seems to be the chosen one to take on that role for many. What’s more, their perfect scenario is that Machado remains barred from running in elections,
and that Márquez is the one allowed to run.”
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Just when we get a first female ruler and a first Nobel prize to a female politician, women carry most of the burden of State terror
Trump introduced the Venezuelan politician in his State of the Union address. Was it just TV or was he tapping him for a role in Venezuela’s new era?
The new law is meant to release certain detainees, but relies on the very institutions that sustained repression and refuses to acknowledge victims
A bold reform vision for Venezuelan oil: strip the State of profit share, and make citizens the chief stakeholders and protectors of the industry
After lots of pressure and little debate, an insufficient Amnesty Law was approved unanimously by Delcy's National Assembly
