We can only speculate on what the government’s motives were in conceding house arrest to Leopoldo López. But I think there is one logic that is not being discussed enough. The move facilitates the government’s ability to remove...
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Today, Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega is scheduled to face trial over allegations that...
Read MoreThe opposition coalition Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) held a press conference on December 22 to denounce that Venezuela’s highest court, the Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ), had received a petition by the ruling party...
Read MoreOn January 9 Venezuela’s Supreme Court (TSJ) ruled that President Chávez’s oath of office could be postponed because he is a reelected president and therefore there is a continuity of administration. While the court’s decision...
Read MoreIn the past 24 hours some more reasonable and relevant opinions have emerged beyond the tug of war over whether the “continuation thesis” is constitutional. As I said early this week, I think it is not but that it a tempest in a...
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