The CNE Agreement: Who’s Afraid of the Guarimba?
The Maduro government is staging a new pact not to comply with it but to use the traumas from 2017 and the middle class' anxiety
Tag: Venezuelan Opposition
Game Theory and Venezuelan Politics: Unity Is The Game
The famous mathematic model can help explain which options Chavismo and the opposition are facing and how the opposition has forced Chavismo to devise a new strategy.
Venezuela’s October Revolution Offers Lessons for The Opposition
Throughout history, our leaders fell into the trap of losing the composure that historical change required. Machado and Gonzalez Urrutia should look at the mistakes of Acción Democrática during the transition they attempted in 1945 with some tricky travel companions
Maduro is Improving His Numbers Through Surgically Targeted Public Spending
We spoke with pollster Felix Seijas about what the polls indicate fifty days before the elections
Mapping the Venezuelan Opposition’s Rallies
Our geodata maps on the primary and the presidential campaigns reveal the extent of the candidates routes, the parties' regional networks, and the magnitude of Chavista attacks
María Corina’s Most Powerful Tool? Her Flaws
Like Spain’s Adolfo Suárez, María Corina Machado’s intransigence could be helping her gain momentum and force the regime’s hand
Edmundo González Urrutia: We Have Teams Working On Transitional Justice
Meet the opposition’s candidate: the former diplomat supported by María Corina Machado who could become the unlikely leader of a democratic transition in Venezuela.
Watching González Urrutia's First Rally from the Top of a Tree
A new mass event, this time including presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, brings the María Corina phenomenon closer to the capital in a former Chavista stronghold
Hasta el final: How María Corina’s Mutation Overturned Venezuelan Politics
María Corina Machado's ability to adapt has turned opposition politics on its head and has subverted the meaning of elections in Venezuela: Can she turn that movement into something more after July 28th?
A Brief History of How Chavismo Destroyed Trust in Elections
Chavismo promoted participation at the height of Hugo Chávez’s popularity, before turning into a massive barrier to electoral rights. The patterns they developed are still in place
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