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A First Partial Agreement at the Mexico Negotiations

Both delegations and the Norwegian mediators signed a commitment to revise sanction over-compliance and access to Venezuelan funds abroad to buy vaccines… but it will depend on chavismo’s will to teamwork and accountability

Rafael Osío Cabrices & Raúl Stolk September 7, 2021

This Is the Venezuela That’s Heading Into a New Negotiation Cycle

The past two years have been of deep transformation for Venezuela. Ahead of a new negotiation cycle, here’s where we stand today

Rafael Osío Cabrices & Raúl Stolk August 11, 2021

Juan Guaidó Proposed a National Agreement. What Does It Mean?

The opposition leader leans into a less confrontational stance and launches an effort to lead the pro-negotiation field

Rafael Osío Cabrices & Raúl Stolk May 11, 2021

What 2020 Did to Venezuela

This year, like 2019, leaves a different country behind, with a more solid dictatorship, the expanding impact of sanctions and the pandemic. A different reality demands a different conversation

Rafael Osío Cabrices & Raúl Stolk January 4, 2021

What's Left of the Venezuelan Opposition

The year is half gone and Maduro’s grip on a devastated land looks secure. The hype surrounding Juan Guaidó is but a dim and distant memory. Is opposition politics even possible in Venezuela in 2020?

Rafael Osío Cabrices & Raúl Stolk July 23, 2020

While the Giant Sleeps, Maduro Goes All In

Using the TSJ to take over main opposition parties right after appointing the new CNE board of authorities, the regime wiped out the chances of de-escalation and doesn’t expect there will be a price to pay

Rafael Osío Cabrices & Raúl Stolk June 16, 2020

The Mystery in Juan Guaidó’s Suitcase

January 23rd marked a full year since Juan Guaidó assumed the caretaker presidency. The way his influence has changed since then is evident, especially after his international tour. This unprecedented story could spin into many different scenarios.

Rafael Osío Cabrices & Raúl Stolk February 12, 2020

A New Battle for the National Assembly

The new twist in the neverending political crisis in Venezuela is the regime’s attempt, so far unsuccessful, to control the National Assembly, apparently by order of the Kremlin.

Rafael Osío Cabrices & Raúl Stolk January 7, 2020

2019 Gave Us a New Kind of Country

It was a year where political change looked closer than ever in two decades of chavismo. However, hope dissolved again. But this defeat was different: it left an...

Rafael Osío Cabrices & Raúl Stolk December 30, 2019

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