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Posted by David Smilde | Sep 16, 2013 | Analysis
This week Electricity Minister Jesse Chacón will announce new measures to combat Venezuela’s ongoing electricity crisis. Venezuela has been dealing with electricity shortages since late 2009 but the issue gained new relevance...
Read MoreIn the six weeks since Venezuela’s snap presidential elections conspiracy theories have continued to be central to the Maduro government’s public statements. Illiberal movements are premised on the idea that transparent and...
Read MoreSince the day of Chávez’s death, acting president and presidential candidate and other top government officials have put forward a steady flow of conspiracy theories unmatched by any period in the Chávez era, eight by our count....
Read MoreChávez was poisoned by dark forces that wanted to get rid of him…The cancer that the comandante was suffering from, time will reveal, broke with all of the regular characteristics of the illness… Everything indicates that they...
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