Executive Director of Transparencia Electoral. Degree in International Relations from Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). Candidate for a Master's Degree in Electoral Studies at Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM / Argentina).
A potential democratic transition in Venezuela requires more than elections: it requires rebuilding the rules, the institutions, and the guarantees of the electoral system.
A few days before the elections, Honduras faces a process marked by citizen distrust, institutional fragility, and political and technological tensions that threaten the credibility of the electoral day.
Although for years various academic and governmental institutions, think tanks and specialists have been working to design measures to combat disinformation, the mechanisms to influence elections are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
In an attempt to give legitimacy to a fraudulent process, the CNE and the Foreign Ministry invited hundreds of members of social movements, civil associations and pro-government parties as “observers”.
Although the opposition has weathered the government's attacks with great flexibility and remains competitive, we are facing an election where the most fundamental democratic guarantees are clearly being violated.
Autocratic regimes use intervened or politicized electoral observation as a tactic to buy legitimacy and mitigate the influence of independent organizations.
