Listen to Latin Pulse podcast on the Venezuelan elections. Professor Rick Rockwell of American University interviews Alex Main and myself. My interview starts at about minute 8. Alex starts at about minute 19. [Sorry previous...
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Main office of Venezuelan tax authority SENIAT. Sign over entrance says “Seniat Patrols...
Read MoreYesterday 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 MoreInternational elections expert Tova Wang has focused her attention on the Venezuelan election and published a thorough review in Equal Times. Having written a book on voter suppression in the US, she admires the high number of...
Read MoreAs Iñaki Sagarzazu argued yesterday, the only path to victory for opposition candidate Henrique Capriles runs through issues of turnout. Put differently, since opinion polls put ruling socialist party candidate Nicolas Maduro...
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