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Posted by David Smilde | May 20, 2013 | Analysis
The opposition’s big news, publicized for 24 hours, actually exceeded expectations. They played an audio recording (see transcript here) of television host Mario Silva speaking with Cuban G2 agent Aramis Palacio. The interview...
Read MorePosted by David Smilde | May 18, 2013 | Analysis
I did an interview with Al Jazeera’s “Min Washington” program yesterday regarding the challenges and future of Chavismo without Chávez. I would put it up on the blog but it won’t air until next week and then will have Arabic...
Read MorePosted by David Smilde | Apr 17, 2013 | Analysis
On April 14, Venezuela’s voters shocked the world by electing Nicolas Maduro to the presidency with a narrow margin-just weeks after he enjoyed a fifteen point lead in the polls. This is not the first time that Venezuelans have...
Read MorePosted by David Smilde | Apr 14, 2013 | Analysis
Over the past 48 hours I had the opportunity to see the latest polling of Venezuela’s most reliable firms. Of course, Venezuelan electoral law says we can’t talk about numbers at this stage of the game. What I can say is that...
Read MorePosted by wordpress | Apr 13, 2013 | Multimedia, Video
Watch Al Jazeera English’s Inside Story Americas talk show on the Venezuelan elections. CSIS’s Carl Meacham, CEPR’s Alex Main and myself talk about the issues of the campaign. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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