One region, all voices

Our columnists

Xavier Rodríguez-Franco

Politólogo egresado de la Univ. Central de Venezuela y la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Master en Estudios Latinoamericanos, Universidad de Salamanca. Analista de asuntos parlamentarios.

Sort by

The Consummation of Venezuela’s Last Vestige of Democracy

Venezuela's last democratically elected instance was sentenced to death with the recent parliamentary elections. These elections, defined from the Miraflores palace, mark the end of a series of uninterrupted attacks against the opposition's biggest political victory in two decades.

Parliamentary elections and the advent of a new hegemonic political system in Venezuela

In order to understand the political context of the 2020 election, it is necessary to examine the dictatorial turn of the Nicolás Maduro regime after the defeat of Chavism in the 2015 legislative elections.