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Posted by David Smilde | Apr 2, 2013 | Analysis
As mentioned before on this blog, the campaign for the April 14 presidential election is shaping up to be largely issue free as Nicolas Maduro, with a comfortable lead, focuses on his connection to the figure of Chávez and...
Read MoreBelow are my comments in the Q&A section of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin American Advisor Three days after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on March 5, Vice President Nicolás Maduro, whom Chávez named as...
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 MorePosted by David Smilde | Oct 8, 2012 | Analysis
David Smilde A couple of hours after the results were announced, here are my initial reactions. Winning by 9.5% represents a real decline from the three previous presidential elections which Chávez has won by 15 to 20%. However...
Read MorePosted by David Smilde | Oct 2, 2012 | Analysis
With one week remaining until the Venezuelan presidential election, most polls show either a close contest or one in which the gap between Capriles and Chávez is smaller than the number of undecided voters. For example, last...
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