Star, Interrupted
I followed Maria Corina Machado’s barnstorming tour of Santiago. This is what I saw
Politics
Six Signs of Chavismo’s Mutation under US Oversight
It’s hard to put paper over the disappearance of Maduro’s allies or the de facto suffocation of Cuba
Venezuela's Opposition Cannot Stay on the Sidelines after January 3
Political parties must back civil society in the institutional changes now underway. New justice system appointments present key chances
What the Venezuelan Constitution Says When the President is Absent
Delcy Rodríguez is trying a double play: presenting herself as interim to chavistas while appearing permanent to Trump and the rest
Venezuela’s Opposition Needs New Primaries for an Unprecedented Crossroads
The situation the US intervention created also reshapes the opposition’s needs ahead of an eventual presidential election
Is Venezuela Getting Ready for Post-Maduro Elections?
All of a sudden, opposition parties and some surprising figures are starting to behave as if presidential elections were on the horizon
Umbral: an Open-Source Platform to Measure Venezuela’s Transition
Presented as a free analytical non-partisan tool, Umbral allows to integrate live information on many dimensions to determine what is really going on
Chávez’s Communal State is a Failure. Mérida Shows Why
Each time Maduro set up so-called “popular consultations,” demands for improved public services across Mérida have been systematically ignored
Wait a Second… Who’s Enrique Márquez?
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?
Changing Venezuela’s Amnesty Law to Address Decades of Repression
The new law is meant to release certain detainees, but relies on the very institutions that sustained repression and refuses to acknowledge victims
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