Enrique Gomáriz Moraga has been researcher at FLACSO in Chile and other countries in the region. He was a consultant for international agencies (UNDP, IDRC, IDB). He studied Political Sociology at the Univ. of Leeds (England) wit R. Miliband.
The victory of Laura Fernández opens a crossroads: to reform the state in order to usher in a Third Republic, or, in the attempt, to erode the checks and balances that have sustained its democracy.
The Venezuelan crisis does not mean to choose between the Chavista authoritarian rule and unilateral imperial intervention from the U.S. Both represent unacceptable forms of usurpation of sovereignty and democratic will.
The popular support that the major powers receive for their imperial policies does not necessarily imply an adherence to warmongering. But, although mediated by multiple factors, there are obvious links between the two positions.
The criticisms of this model by the most judicious progressivism have two solid elements: the increase in poverty and the difficult sustainability of this radical economic program.
Maduro benefits from an institutional architecture created by his predecessor, staffed with operators and adherents who occupy the top echelons of the executive, legislative and judicial branches
Having established an entirely progressive ticket with the choice of Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris placed the U.S. electorate in a stark political contrast.
