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Politics
One. Oh. Nine. [Updated]
The Supreme Tribunal has just approved a temporary measure suspending the election of four assembly members: three from MUD, one from PSUV. Effective immediately.
Ramos Allunderwood
To the astonished horror of many, Henry Ramos Allup looks poised to beat Julio Borges and become National Assembly president. Here's how he did it.
What's the 45,475th stripe to a tiger?
Rather than the voters, it will be a tribunal that has never ruled against the government that will decide who sits in the National Assembly. It's a dangerous move.
Nothing Innocent About It: The Impugnaciones are Back
The newly re-packed, 100% chavista Supreme Tribunal's Electoral Chamber has just received six separate impugnaciones (legal challenges) against deputies elected by MUD on December 6th.
"PSUV will challenge the election of 22 deputies," MUD says.
MUD members gave a press conference today to confirm a rumor that has been going around since last week. Apparently, the electoral chamber of Venezuela’s highest court (the TSJ), was...
LVL: Three-Handed Economist
Is Venezuela headed for gridlock, cohabitation or violence? In DC this week, Luis Vicente León of Datanalisis laid out his scenarios.
Smartmatic's Null Vote Shame
How Smartmatic is trying to turn an election where its crap user interface disenfranchised more than 686,000 people into a PR win.
Parallel A.N. in 5...4...3...yup, here it is. (UPDATED)
In one of those news events that is both deeply shocking and entirely expected, Diosdado Cabello has just set up a parallel, unelected National Assembly, to be known as the Parlamento Comunal Nacional.
Election Forecast Accountability Roundup
So how did all those pre-election forecasts pan out? We walk you through the good, the bad, the ugly, the cringeworthy, the catastrophic, the too-right-for-its-own-good, and the winner: Professor Francisco Monaldi.
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