How does a trial for a political opposition leader in Venezuela turn out? The fourteen year sentence issued to the popular Leopoldo Lopez on September 10th, 2015, probably gives away that the outcome will not be favorable. But before even reaching the outcome, what about the process? Given Lopez’s adamant commitment to democracy, this question regarding “procedure” and how it triggers an outcome may be self explanatory.
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Is the Biden administration, despite its legal posturing, content to abdicate some of its responsibilities on the ground and let Operation Lone Star take over?
The greatest gift that Cartes can give the country and President Peña is to empower Peña to take the real and symbolic steps to frontally tackle corruption.
Overall, the move toward more liberal measures appears to be too little too late, despite pressures from Vietnamese and Chinese Communist Party representatives in recent years strongly advising that Cuba undergo free market-oriented reforms.
