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Maryhen Jiménez Morales

Doctora en Ciencia Política por la Universidad de Oxford. Investigadora de post-doctorado en la Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. Estudia procesos de democratización en perspectiva comparada y autoritarismo en América Latina.

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Unprecedented fraud and new momentum

While the regime has used various means to counteract the will of the people, there has never been blatant fraud in a nationwide contest until this election.

Voting in authoritarian times: some keys from Venezuela

The expectation of an opposition victory in the elections on July 28, 2024, was high. Recognized polls projected a wide victory for Edmundo Gonzalez...

Does the order of the factors alter the product? The Venezuelan opposition primaries

Co-authors Stefania Vitale and Juan Manuel Trak Will the opposition manage to validate a leadership capable of disputing power to Chavism in 2024? To address this question, we must understand the current fragmentation of the Venezuelan opposition and its background.

What should Petro and Márquez learn from Venezuela?

Unlike Hugo Chavez and Nicolás Maduro, the Colombian president-elect seems to understand that "pernicious polarization" and annihilation of the adversary are contradictory to democracy.

Negotiators in Mexico should learn from women in Venezuela

Coautor Antulio Rosales Cuando representantes del gobierno de Maduro y de la oposición se encuentran inmersos en un nuevo proceso de diálogo, miles de mujeres, tanto “de la oposición” como identificadas con el “chavismo”, han suscrito un comunicado conjunto exigiendo la despenalización del aborto.