Government and pro-government forces have been reacting to Sunday’s adverse elections results. Comments have ranged from the self-critical to the blaming of an “economic war” waged by the opposition. The first reaction came from...
Read More[Most of the critical responses I get to my blog pieces are pretty silly and fall into two basic groups. There are the inevitable ad hominem attacks (You think X because you are Y) and the equally tired litmus tests (If you...
Read MoreNow that the Venezuelan opposition has won a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly, major changes are on the horizon. As WOLA Senior Fellow David Smilde explains, some of the biggest looming questions are whether the...
Read MoreFirst things first. The Venezuelan people, the Maduro government and Chavismo deserve some applause. The Venezuelan people went massively to the polls despite a growing distrust of the CNE and despite not trusting that their...
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Admist some technical challenges (spotty internet), systemic problems (we got trotted out of the...
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