Censura bajo el régimen de Maduro (y XIII): La hegemonía es la política
Chávez is dead, long live Trump
The US president’s style, deviating attention away from his reforms and toward controversy, should remind any careful observer of the late Venezuelan leader
The end of an era: Setting fire to Hugo Chávez’s childhood home
The reactions against the founding father of Bolivarianism were the logical conclusion to a process started by his hardline followers when they abandoned the Constitution in October 2016.
Counting political prisoners in Venezuela
A careful review of the data reveals an increase in political detention and imprisonment in Venezuela—often without trial—and illustrates the justifications the government uses to silence its opponents.
Venezuela and the biography of hunger: The first in a three-part series
The roots of Venezuela’s food insecurity stretch back more than a century. But it took the current government’s severely misguided policies to bring the country to the brink of starvation.
Venezuela: the transition from an electoral authoritarianism to a narco-state
The debate should no longer be about how democratic or authoritarian the government of Nicolas Maduro has become. It should be how criminal it’s become—a question that opens up a whole new set of policy challenges.
The Islamist threat in Latin America and the Caribbean: What do we really know?
Some of the people slated to enter the administration have made a career peddling theories of Islamist threats in our hemisphere. There are genuine reasons for concern, but not for the disproven assertions many have been pitching for years.
Venezuela: who’s going to lead in 2017?
The failure of the Vatican brokered opposition-government dialogue and the government’s neutering of the National Assembly have weakened popular confidence in the opposition.
Latin American lessons on populism and the consequences of dramatic change
The United States has chosen an outsider populist president. Latin America has ample experience with such leaders. Here are four warning signs U.S. citizens, civil society and policy makers need to be on the look out for.
Venezuela and its rentier model: The unfortunate persistence of relevance
Venezuela’s development challenges today are no different than they were 30 years ago—diversifying the economy. Except that today, it’s going to take more to climb out of the well dug by 17 years of chavista economics.