On January 23, President Maduro established a new organizational body for the Bolivarian Revolution: the Congress of the Fatherland (Congreso de la Patria). According to the government’s news agency Agencia Venezolana de...
Read MoreThe Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin American Advisor published a Q&A on Venezuela yesterday with comments from Michael Shifter, Luis Vicente Leon, Mark Weisbrot, Asdrúbal Oliveros and myself. Here again, the most interesting...
Read MoreRecent geopolitical developments in U.S.-Cuban relations and in international oil markets pose a key question for the Maduro Government. Can the Maduro government follow the lead of two strategic allies, Cuba and Saudi Arabia,...
Read MoreLast week president Maduro, using special powers granted to him by an enabling law, approved two new laws that strengthen the role of the communes and communal councils in the state structure. Under these new laws, governmental...
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President Nicolas Maduro averted major dissent and consolidated his leadership over Chavismo...
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