Venezuela Has No Opposition Left
The passivity around the stolen election in Barinas shows how political parties are no more than electoral committees, empty of meaning, and completely cut out the society they pretend to represent
Politics
Venezuela’s Highest Court Steals Home for Chavismo
The move by the government to steal the result in Barinas using the TSJ and the hostility towards the European Union electoral observation mission won’t hide what November 21st showed: chavismo’s electoral game is weak. Here's an updated extract of our Political Risk Report
Did the EU Give the Venezuelan Regional Elections a Passing Grade?
The first Electoral Observation Mission in 15 years released a preliminary report on the November 21st election. It describes how unfair voting is in Venezuela, but Maduro had assumed this risk
The Winners and Losers of Cohabitation
The 2021 regional elections in Venezuela confirmed disaffection and the weakening of political identities. But the elections also revealed a new landscape, still dominated by chavismo but especially by the need of a normal life
The World’s Biggest Orchestra Is the Regime’s Favorite Subject
This week, Probox Politwitter highlighted how the government used El Sistema’s Guinness World Record as one of the year’s most important pieces of propaganda
Caracas Is Done With Politics
The city that saw hundreds of thousands of people protest over and over again, and saw hundreds of them die under repression, doesn’t know whether or not to vote in the elections on November 21st
Freddy Bernal Drops the Red to Win Táchira
What had been an opposition state for many years, is changing. A divided opposition complicated the scenario enough to bring the protector closer to victory
Nueva Esparta: Opposition Vs. Opposition
Boycotted primaries, an old AD leader playing for chavismo, a protector hiding his red identity... Margarita has a new political landscape with old faces
Zulia Wants Change But Distrusts Voting
With the division in the race for Maracaibo and the Chavista ability to cover the discontent with food, the return of the opposition is not assured
Carabobo Wants Four More Years of Dracula
Rafael Lacava is not only an eccentric with a big social media following, but a chavista getting antichavista votes. In a land politically and economically devastated, he just needs to do “at least something”
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