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The president has fled the country. An activist has died in jail. A military coup is afoot. Fake news is dividing Venezuelans, making a peaceful end to its profound crisis ever less likely.
But there is a stand-off on the left of the political spectrum.
(UPDATED) If the military abandons Venezuela’s power-grabbing president, it’s game over for the Maduro regime.
Fed up with an increasingly authoritarian government, Venezuelans are taking to the streets – where they are met with violence.
Rather than an outright coup, Venezuela’s government has slowly eroded its democratic institutions and processes, until now.
When leaders of weak democracies use social media to connect with their constituents, people feel heard. But Twitter responses won’t give citizens what they need.
Venezuelans, fleeing hunger and repression at home, have surpassed Central Americans as the top US asylum-seekers.
It was popular music that enabled Chávez to link his political movement with grassroots activism.
Venezuela’s major crises will continue in 2017. These include ongoing economic instability, over-reliance on the price of oil, shortages of food and electricity and increasing inequality. At the core is…
The world is on edge as Donald Trump enters the White House.
Venezuela and ExxonMobil have been spatting over oil for decades. How will that history impact relations under a Rex Tillerson-run State Department?
Empty toy stores, bakeries without bread and families who can’t travel to be together. This is the year that the government Grinch stole Christmas.
More than any other, Venezuela is a country of Cuba’s making. But its own national tragedy is too deep for most citizens to mourn Fidel Castro’s death.
In a time of hunger and violence, Venezuela’s proposed peace talks are narrowly focused on power distribution. But where’s the seat for the countries citizens?
There are fears that the withdrawal of countries from the ICC would mark the end of international criminal justice in Africa. This need not be the case.
Facing shortages in food and medicines, extreme political polarisation, and a spiraling economic crisis, Venezuelans find it hard to care about the adventures of Clinton v. Trump.
The Non-Aligned Movement member states enjoy cohesion on few issues. Historically, their heterogeneity ranged from absolute monarchs to socialist presidents.
More than 50 animals in a Venezuelan zoo have reportedly died from starvation in the past few months.
Money and resources in Latin America often don’t reach those who need them most – and criminal gangs are on hand to take advantage.
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Professor of Management and Organization, University of Southern California
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Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Fellow in Business and Human Rights, UCL
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Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Associate Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Lecturer, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
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Research Associate, Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Director of the Center for Political Studies, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
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Professor of Sociology, Tulane University
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Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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Professeur / Professor, Audencia
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Utah
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, Birkbeck, University of London
