The label “pink tide” was already misleading 20 years ago. Today, with even more pronounced distinctions between the left-wing presidents and diverse foreign policy orientations—including some critical views of Cuba—such a generalization has become even more outdated and is by far too inaccurate to categorize a political trend.
After nine years in power, Maduro’s legacy in foreign policy can be seen as a mixed bag of wins and setbacks for the government. Maduro’s wins in foreign policy have largely allowed him to stay in power even as the majority of his country wishes him removed from power.
Neuman has done an excellent job in capturing the grittiness of a country that has gone off the developmental tracks. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has an interest in Venezuela.
A new wave of tensions took place in Venezuela this week as Alex Saab, a Colombian national and associate of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, was extradited from Cabo Verde to the United States.
No pasó una semana entre la sentencia y la primera reacción pública de Diosdado Cabello. Entre otras ideas, dice que usaría el edificio sede de El Nacional para crear la “Universidad Miguel Otero Silva”. Además del beneficio monetario que le puede reportar la decisión del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, en el fondo estamos ante una apropiación simbólica.
Hace algunos meses, en este mismo espacio, comentábamos que la estrategia del chavismo para demoler a los actores políticos democráticos, que tuvo su momento clímax con la toma de la Asamblea Nacional en enero de este año, dejaba el espacio vacío para la construcción de nuevos adversarios en la lógica de la confrontación permanente, con la que se ejerce el poder en Venezuela.
A new report by the United Nations’ fact-finding mission shows Venezuela’s judiciary is no longer merely turning a blind eye to state repression of ordinary Venezuelans—it’s actively facilitating it.
Without the proper judicial and prosecutorial reforms, the transitional justice provisions included in the U.S.’s transition framework for Venezuela will prove ineffective and worse, erode confidence in the possibilities of justice.
Just like every major media outlet, RT en Español has closely followed events in Venezuela, but their coverage unsurprisingly sides with the Maduro regime.
