Hugo Perez Hernaiz
Friday, May 31, 2013 - 00:00
The turmoil leaves Globovision’s role as an opposition outlet in doubt and appears to represent a new extension of the Venezuelan government’s control over broadcast media
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 00:00
Since our previous post we have continued to track the conspiracy theories forwarded by the Maduro government
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 00:00
The plan has been criticized by human rights activists who see it as a return to Venezuela’s tradition of militarized policing.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 00:00
Jorge Rodriguez, head of Maduro´s campaign, reaffirmed that Maduro in his speech yesterday had agreed to count 100% of the boxes, not the actual ballots
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 00:00
It is clear that failure to counteract incumbent's advantage and ventajismo will become even more important issues in the coming years as all indications are that elections in the post-Chavez era will become closer
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 00:00
Friday saw the latest episode of a tit-for-tat between the opposition and the CNE that has been ongoing since March, well before the short electoral campaign
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 00:00
Acting president and presidential candidate and other top government officials have put forward a steady flow of conspiracy theories unmatched by any period in the Chavez era, eight by our count
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 00:00
On Friday January 25 an attempt by the National Guard to occupy and search the Uribana prison in Lara state resulted in 55 deaths (including one National Guardsman and two visiting evangelical pastors) and 88 injured
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 00:00
The four spots (watch them here) present the full text of article 231 of the Constitution together with images of Nicolas Maduro, Cilia Flores and Chavez arguing that the Constitution should be respected at all costs