Its original promise proved unfeasible long ago, but the alternative political body created in 2019 still stands. Here’s a timeline, from its enthusiastic origins to its murky present
Twitter moved against accounts that were part of an organized misinformation campaign. But it won’t be enough
The Electoral and Constitutional Chambers contradicted their own jurisprudence in order to strip the opposition of a victory in Hugo Chávez’s home state
It's a Pueblo People Christmas Special, yippee ki-yay MMGV
Just like every Monday, here's an extract of our Political Risk Report. This week, however, we had to infuse it with an extra oomph just to keep up with everything that happened during the weekend
We are publishing this piece as per Felipe Pérez Martí's right of reply to “From Chavismo to Trumpism: the Felipe Pérez Martí Case,” by Clifton Ross, published in January
Social media was at the center of Venezuelan regional elections, but instead of a conversation it was a bit of a mess
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
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
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
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