May 20: No Money, No Votes
The May 20 election revealed an obvious fact: When the chavista apparatus runs out of money or resources, they run out of votes, support and ways to incentivize or, let’s be frank, intimidate people into voting for them.
Politics
Office Buildings and Ongoing Construction Sites in Caracas: Do We Even Have a Crisis?
Many multinational companies found in office buildings and construction sites in Caracas a nice place to park their bolivars and construction companies borrowed to meet that demand. Now the music stopped, banks are not giving money away anymore and those companies now own empty, useless office space.
On ‘Election Day’, Nobody Voted Because The Candidates Sucked
These are the reasons why I have a problem with Mr. Toro’s assessment of the non-election election.
How Chavismo Makes the Water Taps Run Dry
The water taps are dry and it’s chavismo’s fault, says The Economist.
On ‘Election’ Day, Nobody Voted Because Nobody was Voting
Carlos Hernández paints a vivid picture of “election” day in Ciudad Guayana —a day when even people who kind of wanted to vote didn’t, because there were no lines.
May 20 ‘Election’: No Surprises, Lots of Questions
Chavismo once again manipulated the rules of fair and competitive elections. The runner-ups were the only ones surprised, everyone else prepares for what’s next.
Live-Blogging 20M
We partnered with ODH to bring you a complete coverage of the 20M (un)election. Check out the news monitoring service ODH offers in odhgc.com.
How Much Does it Cost to Advertise a Fake Election?
The government knows where to invest the dollars they haven’t stolen yet, they are campaigning on social media with money they should be investing in fixing the crisis. Spoiler alert: the amount of zeros is enraging.
I Want to Vote White
A white vote, not to be confused with the adeco “white”, would allow Venezuelans to bring the protests to the ballot box. It’s proactive and sends a clear message.
The Thing Everyone Seems to Agree On: Elections in Venezuela are Rigged
Some things are axiomatic truths. The sun rises in the East. Tequeños are not mozzarella sticks. Elections in Venezuela are rigged.
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