A Custom-Made Anti-Primaries “Opposition”
Chavista-controlled media and institutions are pushing an anti-primaries narrative through nominally opposition figures, coming hands clean and validating their attacks
Tag: Opposition
Capriles and the Death of the Old Guard
The man who almost defeated Chavismo ten years ago checked out of the opposition primary election race with dwindling numbers and a weak excuse
The Ultimate Political TikTok Handbook
After Rodolfo Hernández's successful TikTok strategy to get himself in the final showdown for the Colombian presidency, every Latin American politician has been looking at the platform for a political miracle. Here are some do's and don'ts, with examples
“We Know These Elections Won’t Be Fair or Conventional, But It Will Be A Space for A Useful Battle”
Opposition parties announced that they’ll be participating in the November election, which would be their first participation since 2017. In his first public statement after his arbitrary detention, Freddy Guevara explained that it’s necessary to reach a negotiated solution. CEPAL reported that Venezuela will have negative growth (-4%) in 2021.
Our Opposition’s Uncomfortable Silence About Colombia
The Duque administration has been an ally against the Maduro regime, but it’s also responsible for human rights violations in the current unrest—a tight corner for the Venezuelan democratic movement
Juan Guaidó Proposed a National Agreement. What Does It Mean?
The opposition leader leans into a less confrontational stance and launches an effort to lead the pro-negotiation field
How Trolls, Bots and Conspiracists Pollute Opposition Twitterzuela
While in a lesser scale than the chavista Twitter “tropa,” the hardcore anti-Chávez movement built a political space on social media using techniques common to antidemocratic forces
What 2020 Did to Venezuela
This year, like 2019, leaves a different country behind, with a more solid dictatorship, the expanding impact of sanctions and the pandemic. A different reality demands a different conversation
How Helpful Have the AN's Subsidies Been for Venezuelan Physicians?
In the middle of a global pandemic, the caretaker government of Juan Guaidó has transferred subsidies to workers in the health sector. One of them assesses the reach of the gesture
A Non-exhaustive List of Winners and Losers From the Legislative Election
On December 6th, Venezuela held an obscure parliamentary election where the government party ran virtually uncontested. Here’s our initial take of its outcome
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