The If's, When's and How's of Regime Change
Turns out the MUD is busy discussing how to change the government as you read this. They have to come up with the Mother of all Plans.
Politics
Capriles Salidista.
Sources confirm that opposition leader Henrique Capriles will be announcing the activation of a recall referendum today at an event in Parque Miranda, Caracas.
A New Kind of Dia de la Juventud
Yesterday, Caracas stopped to mark the second anniversary of the 2014 street protest movement: mourning the dead, and remembering those still in prison.
Supreme Tribunal rules constitution says the opposite of what constitution says, Economic Emergency Decree ruled valid
In a tortured ruling that directly contradicts the plain meaning of the constitutional text, the Supreme Tribunal railroads Luis Salas's Economic Emergency Decree into force.
Chávez, Maduro and the Ascendancy of the Arbitrageur Kleptolobby
Madurismo isn't just chavismo-with-low-oil-prices. Madurismo is the victory of the arbitrageur kleptolobby over the rest of the revolutionary coalition.
The Amendment Scenario
When you look at it in detail, an amendment to the constitution to shorten Maduro's term and force a presidential election this December makes quite a lot of sense from the MUD's point of view.
Want to Finish Off Chavismo? Keep Maduro in Power
Venezuela feels like it's at rock bottom, but the numbers tell another story. With the economy set to get much, much worse, removing Maduro would mean bailing chavismo out.
Dirty Diana
The queen of an imaginary kingdom.
The Roadmap, part VI: No More Drama
A few years ago, a group of experts identified the types of policies that most countries with high growth experiences had implemented. Their results, published in “The Growth Report,”...
The Opposite of Credibility
Remember the plan to raise gas prices announced during the Memoria y Cuenta address? Nicolás Maduro sure doesn't.
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