Lessons from Venezuela's democratic collapse: How opposition movements can defy autocratic leaders
Venezuela was home to one of the most established democracies in Latin America. Today, however, it stands as one of the ...
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Political turmoil: Who was Venezuela's Guaidó, and what became of him?
Juan Guaidó, the President of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself "interim president" during anti-government ...
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Lessons from Venezuela’s democratic collapse: How opposition movements can defy autocratic leaders
A new paper from political scientist Laura Gamboa at the University of Notre Dame chronicles the country’s 25-year evolution, during which Hugo Chávez ... a 2002 coup and the 2003 oil strike ...
Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky: "Right Now, the U.S. Is Ceasing to Be a Democracy"
Donald Trump is currently transforming the U.S. into an authoritarian state, argues Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, author ...
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How to Save a Democracy
LAURA GAMBOA is Assistant Professor of Democracy and Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame and the author of ...
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Maduro’s fiery partner is the most powerful woman in Venezuela
A tough criminal and labor lawyer who helped win Hugo Chavez's release from prison after a failed coup two decades ago, Venezuela's former attorney general Cilia Flores has since never been far ...
WH may reverse decision to kill Biden-Maduro oil deal, apply tariffs instead to avoid hurting US firms
President Donald Trump held a White House meeting with oil executives, Cabinet officials and advocates on Wednesday, at which ...
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Chavez threatens with leaving OAS if Venezuela is condemned
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has threatened withdrawal from ... which he accuses of anti government campaign and having supported the coup that ousted him for two days, five years ago.