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Trump vs Maduro: ¿Qué sigue después de ofrecer una recompensa?

By Andrés Cañizález / infocracia / March 31, 2020

Ha ocurrido un hecho inédito. Estados Unidos decidió ponerle precio a Nicolás Maduro.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

Uruguay returns to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance

By Kyle Rapp & Nicolás Albertoni / March 19, 2020

More than six months after abandoning the TIAR, Uruguay rejoins the pact. The government’s reversal provides Uruguay with an important voice in regional decision-making.

Democracy & Elections

Guaidó’s international tour

By Andrés Cañizález / infocracia / February 21, 2020

Guaidó’s tour could be a turning point if it effectively recalibrates Venezuela’s democratic fight.

Democracy & Elections

The new Uruguayan government and the regional defense of democracy

By Gabriel Salvia / GabrielSalvia / February 18, 2020

By not inviting Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to his inauguration, Uruguay’s President-elect Luis Lacalle Pou breaks the close ties of his predecessors with the region’s autocracies.

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2020 kicks-off with chaos at Venezuela’s National Assembly

By Jimena Galindo / January 8, 2020

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó reclaims the country’s National Assembly two days after Nicolás Maduro’s loyalists attempted to takeover Venezuela’s last standing democratic institution.

Humor

International refugee day

June 21, 2019

The release of a UN report on Venezuela’s migration crisis coincides with international refugee day, which took place on June 20.

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Michelle Bachelet in Venezuela, will it make a difference?

By Andrés Cañizález / infocracia / June 20, 2019

Given the complex crisis that Venezuela is going through, it is difficult to evaluate the difference that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit can make.

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Deadlocked Venezuela

By Andrés Cañizález / infocracia / May 23, 2019

Juan Guaidó’s swearing in as interim president on January 23, 2019 and his recognition by more than 50 countries as Venezuela’s legitimate president has consolidated him as the leader of the opposition. But real power remains elusive for the young leader. What must happen to finally trigger change in Venezuela?

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Quo vadis Venezuela?

By Armando Chaguaceda / May 14, 2019

Despite ongoing mass mobilizations, Venezuela will likely remain in flux for the foreseeable future. Backed by powerful external (illiberal) allies, the Maduro regime doesn’t have to play by the rules.

Policymaking

21st century authoritarianism: Russia and Venezuela’s control over information and civil society

By Iria Puyosa / April 23, 2019

Aspiring autocrats in Latin America and around the world are increasingly taking pages from the playbooks of the Chávez/Maduro regime in Venezuela and Vladimir Putin in Russia.