Last week’s murder of Accion Democratica leader Luis Manuel Díaz in a campaign event lead to mutual accusations and a number of statements rejecting electoral violence (see statements by opposition coalition Mesa de la Unidad...
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November 25, 2015 Call for a Robust UNASUR Electoral Mission to Venezuela Venezuela is headed to...
Read MoreYesterday’s Washington Post editorial makes a number of valid points about Venezuela’s “dirty” legislative election. Yet it also contains a number of inaccuracies that are important to point out, since they could lead to...
Read More[We have updated this post to include the rollout of Guachiman Electoral, a digital, citizen monitoring initiative.] Michael McCarthy and David Smilde In our previous post we looked at some of the vulnerabilities of Venezuela’s...
Read More( Venezuela’s High-Stakes Legislative Elections: The December 6 Vote and What Comes Next | Washington Office on Latin America) Above is the full video of the joint WOLA-Brookings event on Monday in Washington DC. Below are my...
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