Venezuela and the recall referendum: now and then

In 2004, Venezuela held a recall referendum after the Carter Center and the Organization of American States brokered a compromise between the government and the opposition. Now many are hoping for the same, but with none of the guarantees.

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¿Habrá revocatorio en 2016?

De forma recurrente mucha gente me pregunta (y se pregunta) sobre la realización del referendo revocatorio, especialmente sobre la fecha de esta crucial consulta. La gran preocupación que recorre a Venezuela en estos días es si habrá o no revocatorio en 2016.

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Apostando al referendo en una cancha inclinada

Expertos en temas electorales, como el argentino Daniel Zovatto, presentan gráficamente lo que se vive en países de autoritarismos electorales. Efectivamente se realizan elecciones, pero la competencia no es justa, ya que la cancha está totalmente inclinada para favorecer al régimen.

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El referendo o la carrera de obstáculos

El régimen de Maduro sistemáticamente viola todos los estándares democráticos y ahora intenta obstruir el referendo revocatorio, jugando su última carta para sobrevivir políticamente. Sin referendo el chavismo apuesta por el autoritarismo. ¿Logrará perpetuarse en el poder?

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Apocalypse is such a relative term

So this is what the Pendejo Sin Frontera defense of the revolution has come to: sure, things in Venezuela are bad, but it’s not cataclysmic. That’s what passes for regime propaganda abroad these days.

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Argentina’s deal with the devil

For a moment, it looked like Venezuela’s beleaguered opposition had a powerful new ally in Buenos Aires. But it didn’t take long for principles to give way to big politics.

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The president who talked too much

One thing in Venezuela is definitely not in short supply: presidential rhetoric. In fact, while the economy veers toward 700 percent currency inflation, Maduro’s never-ending daily national television speeches, if anything, have created hyperinflation of presidential verbiage.

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