When the first two cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the country, police and military forces started special deployment protocols to prevent the spread of the virus. Over time, this has relaxed, although it’s a whole different story at the border.
Although Venezuela has very strong women in politics, there are many more who are excluded. We need to work for a female perspective in the Venezuelan political process.
These are the highlights of our Political Risk Report (PRR) published on Friday, April 17th.
Governments are showing what they’re made of when facing this pandemic: Maduro's regime intensifies social control using violence and technology.
In extremely polarized nations, such as Venezuela, where reality is the first fatality, COVID-19 provides the opportunity for both Guaidó and Maduro's sides to gain (or completely lose) credibility.
Handling a global pandemic is uncharted territory for every country in the world. In Venezuela, the luxury of a coherent and unified response is just one of many we don’t have.
In today's PRR Highlights: Defections in the Armed Forces, new agreements on the table, and there's little hope of ending the gas shortage.
With the increasing pressure on the Venezuelan regime, it seems that Donald Trump’s rhetoric is more than words. But does he have an actual ethos?
COVID-19 has already ravaged most of the developed world. But as cases in Italy and Spain seem to slow down, cases increase in unprepared economies around Africa and Latin America.
While the COVID-19 pandemic shows what world leaders are truly made of, a symbolic figure sends out the message we all need, whether you’re in Central London or in a Caracas slum.
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