Venezuela: Ten Questions for 2017
It would be great to be able to look forward to a better 2017. Unfortunately, in Venezuela as in...
Read MoreJan 2, 2017 | Analysis
It would be great to be able to look forward to a better 2017. Unfortunately, in Venezuela as in...
Read MoreDec 11, 2016 | Analysis
In October the National Assembly (AN) approved in second discussion, a reform of the Ley Orgánica...
Read MoreSep 20, 2016 | Analysis
Figure produced by FUNDEPRO, charting the deaths of security forces in Venezuela from 2012-2015...
Read MoreApr 4, 2016 | Analysis
[The following is a translated and edited version of a presentation I gave to an ad hoc, off-the-record discussion group last week in Caracas. The first 650 words or so are rather academic. If you want more Venezuela-specific...
Read MoreFeb 7, 2016 | Analysis
A picture of Hugo Chávez saluting Simón Bolívar that hangs on a wall in the National Security...
Read MoreJan 14, 2016 | Articles
From October 29-31, 2015, the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University...
Read MoreFeb 10, 2014 | Analysis
January saw an accentuation of the progressive remilitarization of citizen security under the...
Read MoreFeb 3, 2014 | Analysis
Since our last article in this series there have been significant changes in the administration of citizen security in Venezuela. The murder of actress Monica Spear and her husband last month effectively provided the occasion...
Read MoreJan 10, 2014 | Analysis
The fact that President Maduro went on national television and directly addressed the tragic murders of actress Monica Spear and her husband should be welcomed, as it is all too easy for the government to ignore the issue of...
Read MoreMay 19, 2013 | Analysis
The recent announcement of the Plan Patria Segura by the Maduro government (see reports here and here), which puts the armed forces in the street alongside the National Police force, signals a continued reliance on the military...
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