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Published in: openSecurityThe heavy hand on Venezuela's streetsFaced with soaring levels of crime and violence, Venezuela's government continues to militarize the police. The...
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Published in: HomeWitness to the revolution: Bolivarianismo and popular power in Venezuela
For those of us living in a land of economic austerity and political atrophy, seeing a country demonstrate that...
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Published in: openSecurityWhose Police?Do the police serve the public, or are they a force of elite control? openSecurity's series opens up this question...
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Published in: HomeHow to be a rogue superpower
It hardly matters under what label - including American “safety” and “security” - such a governing power is built;...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populism as a thought-defying cliché
To position a new hegemony, heterogeneous social demands have to be yoked together, in order to define what ‘the...
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Published in: HomeChávez and Thatcher, exemplars of charismatic leadership
Chávez’s style of populism and Thatcher’s enthusiasm for privatization have spawned imitators in many parts of the...
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Published in: HomeWashington and Caracas: hegemony vs maturity
Venezuela's presidential election presents the United States with a historic choice, says Juan Gabriel Tokatlian.
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Published in: HomeVenezuela: legacy of populist revolution
The transition of power in Venezuela raises the question of how populism and democratic institution-building can...
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Published in: HomeChronicle of a lie foretold: or, how I failed to stop Spain’s rightwing press from intervening in the 2013 Venezuelan presidential electionI replied to individual tweets with my concerns. But I have 50 followers; they had hundreds of thousands. I was like...
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Published in: HomeHugo Chávez's afterlife: three scenarios
The death of Venezuela's president raises the question of his place in the labyrinth of Latin American populism, say...
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Published in: HomeBinary visions of a complex leader or: What I learned from Hugo Chavez (1954-2013)All commentators with whom I had the pleasure to spar - I in the red corner, they in the blue - had three essential...
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Published in: HomeChávez to eternityThis indeed is the authentic measure of the late president’s achievements: there is now no simple switch in...
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Published in: HomeChavismo without Chávez: a populist conundrum
Those who analyse Chavismo should not forget that large sections of the Venezuelan population not only share the...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom bust to boom: Chavez's economic legacy
Chavez leaves behind an inconsistent report card on 'pro-poor' policies that will only fuel a polarizing legacy as...
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Published in: HomeChavez: when great leaders dieWhen great leaders die their heritage is the power they usurped and failed to share with others (a visual montage).
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Published in: HomeLatin America, an election cascade
A series of fifteen elections across Latin America in 2009-12 offers a useful guide to the region's main democratic...
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Published in: HomeStay alive: turning around a failing war
A deep strategic rethink is needed to reverse the dismal failure of the war on drugs and gangs, particularly in the...
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Published in: HomeVenezuela: violence and politics
An escalation of violent crime in Venezuela exposes both social fractures and institutional failures in Hugo...
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Published in: HomeVenezuela: Chavismo without Chávez?
Hugo Chávez’s leadership of Venezuela has survived many challenges during his twelve years in power. Now, a cancer...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab Revolution will not be televised in Latin America
The position of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) on the crisis...
