by maripuerta | Apr 3, 2017 | English
The Venezuelan political crisis has rapidly evolved into a constitutional disaster, even as the Supreme Court seemed to be in damage control mode a day after its decision to dissolve the National Assembly unleashed a wave of local and international rejection. The very...
by maripuerta | Feb 3, 2017 | English
I started teaching college in Venezuela in 1996, as a young Political Scientist my goal was to get a tenured position, following the footsteps of my Father. It took me a while, starting as a Lecturer and after several years of waiting for the budget, until I finally...
by maripuerta | Nov 12, 2016 | English
The polls were wrong or we chose to look the other way? There is definitely a growing conviction that they were looking at a different situation, that they fell short in identifying a new democratic electorate. Now that we are listening to some legislators from...
by maripuerta | Sep 25, 2016 | Español
A la Oposición le ha costado mucho superar el error cometido por una minoría irresponsable y suicida que en abril de 2002 decidió arrebatarle la posibilidad de una salida política pacífica a una crisis de poder. La iniciativa ciudadana fue secuestrada por unos pocos...
by maripuerta | Sep 3, 2016 | Español
Predecir el futuro político de Venezuela luego del 1S, es casi tan temerario como haberlo hecho antes de la propia Toma de Caracas. Sin embargo, muchos nos atrevimos a pensar en posibles escenarios, algunos más optimistas que otros. Si la toma fracasaba, en términos...
