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Jesús Delgado Valery

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).

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Maduro’s suspicious role in electoral observation

Autocratic regimes use intervened or politicized electoral observation as a tactic to buy legitimacy and mitigate the influence of independent organizations.

Over 10 million Venezuelans are being deprived of their right to vote 

Is one month enough to register and update the registry of more than 10 million people? It is clear that the will of the regime, through the CNE, is to deprive those 10 million Venezuelans from voting.

State inability threatens democracy in the region

2022 was the sixth consecutive year of democratic regression. This persistent decline raises crucial questions about the viability and sustainability of democratic values on a global scale and the challenges facing the current political landscape.

Elections in Argentina: a campaign that empowers Milei and Massa

Just as the internal elections made it clear that the extremists triumphed, we could also assume that centripetal forces will operate in a general contest.

Argentina’s democracy is indebted to citizen electoral audits

Argentina, along with Uruguay and Chile, are the democratic countries most closed to citizen audits in Latin America.

Is it wise to have a plan to replace the Venezuelan primaries winner?

While in democracies there is uncertainty in electoral results, in autocracies the results are known in advance.

Technology facilitates Mexicans voting from abroad

The growing migratory flows have made it necessary to rethink constitutional and legal frameworks for political participation.

Fox News — Dominion: Consequences of disinformation in electoral processes

Fraud is one of the most attractive and harmful narratives in the context of electoral processes.

Argentine elections: a tilted playing field and limitations to citizen auditing

Although international indexes classify Argentina's democracy with acceptable levels and its national elections are positively valued, there is a whole range of bad practices that have become naturalized.