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.
Politics
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.
50 Ways to Nullify an Election
Time was when chavismo would've known to use the Economic Emergency decree to divide MUD's caucus once again. It seems like that kind of tactical deftness is behind them.
Chavismo Forfeits the Fight Over the Economic Emergency Decree
Friday morning, for the first time, the New Majority in the National Assembly asserted its institutional power, refusing to pass Maduro’s half-baked Economic Emergency Decree.
Diosdado's clipped wings
On December 5th, there's one thing just about nobody foresaw about the underground power struggle between the revolution's ultimate frenemies: that Maduro might win it.
Memoria y Cuenta Liveblog
Venezuela’s 2016 Memoria y Cuenta (our tropical State of the Union) address has just finished. It was followed – and overshadowed – by an unprecedented, electrifying 35-minute long,...
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