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Uncertainty in Runup to Venezuela Elections
Photo: Venezuela elections 2012 | by World Development Movement | Flickr | Creative Commons Polls in anticipation of Venezuela’s presidential election on October 7 yield, not surprisingly, wildly...
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Political Participation in Latin America Expanding
From local citizen initiatives to national referenda, mechanisms of direct political participation have been spreading with astonishing vigor throughout Latin America in recent years. Some of these...
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Venezuela: A New Start?
By Fulton Armstrong and Eric Hershberg Memorial for Hugo Chavez | by Steve Rhodes | Flickr | Creative Commons The death of President Hugo Chávez yesterday, as has been duly noted, marks the beginning...
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Chavismo Wins a Battle But the Tide May Have Turned
By Eric Hershberg Inauguration of Nicolás Maduro | Photo credit: Presidencia de la República del Ecuador / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration last Friday marked a new stage...
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Venezuela: Maduro versus Capriles, again
By Michael McCarthy* Henrique Capriles / Photo Credit: ICP Colombia / Foter.com / CC BY-SA andNicolás Maduro / Photo credit: OEA – OAS / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND Venezuela’s municipal elections on...
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Latin America: The Spirit of Constitutionalism under Attack
By Maxwell Cameron* A participant in a march in Venezuela holds up the country’s constitution. / TeleSURtv / Flickr / Creative Commons Recent events in Paraguay and Venezuela raise yet again the issue...
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Venezuela: Sliding into a Generalized Default
By Arturo C. Porzecanski* Venezuelan bonds from 1896. / icollector / Creative Commons The Venezuelan government is now officially in default – per the leading credit-rating agencies (Fitch, Moody’s,...
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Venezuela: When Will the Military Flip?
By Fulton Armstrong A military exercise in Caracas, Venezuela. / Cancilleria del Ecuador / Flickr / Creative Commons Venezuelan leader Juan Guaidó and his backers, including the Trump administration,...
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