The regional and parliamentary election that the Maduro regime organized to turn the page on 28J had the opposite effect: laying out the landscape that emerged from the 2024 presidential election fraud
The Joker sent out selective invites for a lousy “mega election.” A few supposed adversaries made the guest list and others cry betrayal. Will attendance be worth it or does it make odd guests part of the act?
The vote-or-boycott dilemma is only part of a deeper issue. Strengthening society as a whole, rather than blindly voting or supporting leaders, should be the path forward in combating the regime
While an opposition faction seeks to expand systemic pockets of power and another views abstention as a moral imperative, the May mega-vote is all about their inability to sustain unity
Machado’s suffocation thesis may be based on false premises. For Venezuelan society, caught between repression and political “firmas,” the way forward must be organization beyond parties
María Corina and Edmundo’s pitch to Trump—ousting the regime in exchange for opening Venezuela’s oil industry—involves an outdated project that Maduro himself could still hijack
She moderated her tone in the lead-up to July 28, but Machado is now engaging with the MAGA camp. How did she get here after 25 years?
Venezuelans will only survive this ordeal by nurturing the diaspora and figuring out how to organize without mainstream politicians. These are our options before a resilient regime and a hostile international environment
In theory, the dictatorship is both alive and dead. To deal with this uncertainty, the democratic leadership must stop depending on a single person and face the regime with much more than faith
In times of global democratic backsliding, the democratization of Venezuela is an extremely complex issue. Is it even possible?
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