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VENEZUELA AFTER CHÁVEZ
Written by Samuel George
Three reasons Chavistas may stay in power in the short term, and three reasons they could lose it by 2020 The rumblings from Caracas started early in the morning. By 9:00am residents of the capital noted an inordinate military presence around the Miraflores Palace, the presidential office. By 11:00am Venezuelan […]
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Still on the Brink: Seven Things We Know About Venezuela
Written by Samuel George
What We Know. What We Don’t. The clock ticks past 11:00 PM in Caracas on January 9, 2013, the eve of Venezuela’s scheduled presidential inauguration. By this point, all doubt has been removed: Hugo Chavez, stuck in a hospital bed somewhere in Havana, will miss his own party. Actualidad Union […]
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Post-Chávez Venezuela: A Country on the Edge
Written by Samuel George
On October 7, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez emerged on the balcony of El Palacio de Miraflores in front of thousands of supporters to accept re-election through 2019. Thus ended months of speculation. Would Chávez, diagnosed with cancer in 2011, live to the election? Had urban voters […]
