Overall, the greatest challenge for the opposition is to rebuild a political consensus within its own diverse ranks, define a unified strategy path, and boost its credibility among a politically dejected population—still struggling to survive the multifaceted humanitarian crisis.
Si bien las experiencias de otras autocracias y condiciones políticas actuales sugerirían que Maduro está abordando la corrupción de buena fe, la realidad es que estos esfuerzos anticorrupción reflejan una táctica autoritaria para consolidar más poder, reorganizar las redes de corrupción y redistribuir sus beneficios dentro del régimen.
While experiences from other autocracies and current political conditions may suggest that Maduro is tackling corruption in good faith, the reality is that anti-corruption efforts likely reflect an authoritarian measure to consolidate power and reshuffle corruption networks
Uno pensaría que cualquier análisis de la contracción económica de Venezuela colocaría las sanciones económicas en un papel central.
One would think it should be self-evident that any account of Venezuela’s economic contraction would place economic sanctions in a central role.
Tanto Nicolás Maduro como Robert Mugabe fueron hábiles para sobrevivir a todo tipo de tormentas políticas, por lo que no son exactamente incompetentes o tontos. Venezuela y Zimbabue son, más bien, ejemplos de un fenómeno peligroso: colapsos de crecimiento inducidos políticamente.
Both Mugabe and Maduro proved apt at weathering the political storms caused by their economic policies and remained in power through a combination of granting selective incentives to supporters and carrying out targeted repression against opponents.
The options for justice regarding the massive human rights violations and international crimes perpetrated in Venezuela seem to rest on international institutions, including the International Criminal Court and universal jurisdiction.
Last week, the Venezuelan government announced that they will begin offering 5 to 10 percent stakes in their domestic companies to foreign investors.
Repression and fraud by the Maduro regime made this month’s electoral defeat all but inevitable. But, sitting out the next elections will only make the situation worse.
