El nuevo presidente ecuatoriano deberá gobernar un país en donde la mitad de su población cuestiona su legitimidad, con una compleja situación económica y entre profundo escepticismo hacia la autoridad electoral. Esto ya ha pasado antes, ¿Verdad?
Ecuador's new president will govern a country where over half of the population questions his legitimacy, amidst a complex economic situation and skepticism over the CNE's impartiality. Sound familiar?
A dispatch from our guy in Ecuador, as exit polls start pouring in.
Venezuela doesn’t have any serious legal problems, other than the fact that it doesn’t have an executive branch, doesn’t have a legislative branch, and doesn’t have a judicial branch.
Bloomberg tracked down Michael Hudson, Maduro's new favourite economist. Turns out he's not quite as enamoured of Maduro as Maduro is of him.
Multilateral diplomacy is the only way to go to ensure that Maduro releases all political prisoners, allows elections, accepts appropriate humanitarian aid, and re-establishes the independence of all branches of government.
The Venezuelan government deals with foreign journalists by accusing them of spying, then arresting and deporting them. Tubazo: we have the BBC on the record saying its reporters are not spies.
We were supposed to be doing a shot every time Delcy said "injerencia," "derecha," or "imperialismo, " but switched the rules halfway through to "drink whenever the word "diálogo" is said." Big mistake.
The Organization of American States holds its first of two sessions on Venezuela this week and we're streaming. Daytime drinking games always encouraged.
A move to outsource the dining halls at Universidad de Los Andes sends pro-government armed groups into a rampage of intimidation and violence, virtually shutting down Mérida's university.
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