Habemus Henry: Ramos Allup elected to lead National Assembly in 2016
Henry Ramos Allup, the controversial 73 year-old AD Secretary General, has just been selected by MUD deputies to preside the National Assembly in 2016. Here's my hot take.
Politics
Politics, finally
Why I welcome the incoming MUD majority's decision to choose the new A.N. president by secret ballot, and you should too.
A Note on Supreme Tribunal Reform
What if the new majority went back to the 2004 reform of the Supreme Tribunal Law to make one single change?
2016 is here!
Countdown to #5E at -5. Que papá Dios nos agarre confesados.
One. Oh. Nine. [Updated]
The Supreme Tribunal has just approved a temporary measure suspending the election of four assembly members: three from MUD, one from PSUV. Effective immediately.
Ramos Allunderwood
To the astonished horror of many, Henry Ramos Allup looks poised to beat Julio Borges and become National Assembly president. Here's how he did it.
What's the 45,475th stripe to a tiger?
Rather than the voters, it will be a tribunal that has never ruled against the government that will decide who sits in the National Assembly. It's a dangerous move.
Nothing Innocent About It: The Impugnaciones are Back
The newly re-packed, 100% chavista Supreme Tribunal's Electoral Chamber has just received six separate impugnaciones (legal challenges) against deputies elected by MUD on December 6th.
"PSUV will challenge the election of 22 deputies," MUD says.
MUD members gave a press conference today to confirm a rumor that has been going around since last week. Apparently, the electoral chamber of Venezuela’s highest court (the TSJ), was...
LVL: Three-Handed Economist
Is Venezuela headed for gridlock, cohabitation or violence? In DC this week, Luis Vicente León of Datanalisis laid out his scenarios.
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