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By resorting to all means necessary, Nicolás Maduro’s government has clawed its way back from the brink of collapse.
China, Russia and the International Monetary Fund are among those contemplating a Venezuela bailout. But help for this debt-stricken nation seems far from assured.
After the Maduro regime won Venezuela’s recent gubernatorial elections, results are contested, people are desperate and the opposition has fractured. Can the resistance survive this setback?
Most Americans don’t want the United States to be the world’s policeman. Do the experts agree?
The president threatened North Korea and decried the decimation of the American middle class – but didn’t have much praise for the work of the United Nations.
New US sanctions against Venezuela deliver a clear condemnation of the Maduro regime’s authoritarian maneuvering but overlook two key problems: Russian meddling and the humanitarian crisis.
The loyalty of Venezuela’s soldiers is getting shaky. History shows from the Arab Spring to Latin American coups, when the military withdraws support for a leader, a fall from power is imminent.
For all its faults, Chavismo has finally put marginalised Venezuelans at the centre of national culture – and many on the right still resent it.
When the price collapsed, the world’s most disastrously oil-dependent state was the biggest casualty.
As their country’s politics and economy collapse, Venezuelan writers, publishers and booksellers are taking a stand.
Venezuela is long gone; say hello to Cuba-zuela.
Venezuela’s opposition has called a 48-hour strike to stop the Maduro government from rewriting the nation’s constitution. But grassroots democracy may not be able to save the Bolivarian Republic.
The best news and analysis of Venezuela’s dangerous descent into crisis, written by local economists and political scientists who are living it every day.
The spectacle of two countries confronting systemic corruption and bad government says a lot about the state of Latin American democracy.
The authoritarian regime is pushing ahead despite widespread objections. A peaceful resolution is far from sight.
After a high point in 2011, it looked like a global wave of protest had crested. But another one is surging.
The political cost of corruption is reaching unacceptable levels in South Africa. Reversing the effects of state decay on the poor will take short and long term interventions.
How is a country that was once South America’s richest now on the verge of bankruptcy? A Venezuelan economist breaks down his country’s descent into chaos.
The world seems convinced that Venezuela’s famous national orchestral programme is turning on the government. Why?
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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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Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
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Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Essex
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Fellow in Business and Human Rights, UCL
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Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, Sociology and Criminology, University of Florida
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Professor of Sociology, Tulane University
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Researcher, UCL
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Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Associate Professor of Global Studies, Appalachian State University
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Visiting professor, Harvard University
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Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers 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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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