During his speech at the Organization of American States on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence called on member states to follow in the United States’ lead and take concrete action against Venezuela.
The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has led to a growing diaspora of displaced Venezuelans throughout the region. At home, the Maduro regime denies and minimizes the phenomenon.
Even though the outcome is a near-foregone conclusion, decision makers and analysts in the United States and the region must prepare for possible significant shifts in Venezuela following the May 20th elections.
By refusing to participate, the Venezuelan opposition has lost an opportunity to provide an option to voters and mobilize domestic and international democrats.
It was good that 19 OAS member states mildly condemned Maduro and his rushed elections, but don’t expect change until there’s greater collective action outside and inside the country.
The Maduro government refused to invite standard, professional election observation groups to monitor Sunday’s balloting. Instead a previously unknown group, CEELA, showed up to praise the process. Who are they?
President Trump finally called out the Venezuelan government at the UN. Unfortunately, the way he did it isn’t helpful.
El año 2017 avanza de forma inexorable. Cada día que transcurre en Venezuela representa un día más del gobierno dictatorial de Nicolás Maduro. Durante agosto y al iniciarse septiembre se vive una suerte de pausa, tras varios meses de protestas y más de 150 muertos en durante el conflicto político en este año.
2017 has been Venezuelans’ toughest year. Neither inside opposition nor international action seem to break the dictatorship. Is there room for democratic transition in the near future?
Sobre las cadenas nacionales de radio y televisión, que usa de forma arbitraria el presidente Nicolás Maduro, podría casi que escribirse un tratado sobre cómo se representa el abuso de poder en vivo y directo. Con este mecanismo no sólo se le niega la libertad informativa a los venezolanos, y de paso se ocasiona un gasto público injustificado, sino que además las cadenas han devenido en herramienta de propaganda política.
