David Smilde
David Smilde, founder of the blog, is a former WOLA Senior Fellow and the Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations at Tulane University. He has lived in or worked on Venezuela since 1992. He has taught at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. From 2010-2012 Mr. Smilde was Chair of the Venezuelan Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association. He is currently working on a book project called Venezuela’s Transition to Illiberalism. He is co-editor of Venezuela's Bolivarian Democracy: Participation, Politics and Culture under Chávez (Duke 2011).
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