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Yesterday we mentioned the significant incumbent’s advantage accruing to the office of the presidency. Most analyses of this advantage in Venezuela focus on the use of state media and obligatory broadcasts (“cadenas”). But other...
Read MoreOn April 1 the party hierarchy of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) quickly pushed back against a “critical open letter to President Maduro” from Chavista intellectual and media figure Nicmer Evans. Evans’s letter...
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...
Read MoreAs the procession of thousands of supporters carrying Chávez’s remains progressed slowly through Caracas streets on Wednesday, March 6, the President of the National Assembly Diosdado Cabello tweeted that he could hear the...
Read MorePosted by David Smilde | Mar 6, 2013 | Analysis
Following are some baseline question and answers about the Venezuelan transition. 1. What happens next? The Venezuelan government has declared seven days of mourning. The funeral is said to be scheduled for Friday the 8th. The...
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