The Constitutional Path to Dictatorship in Venezuela

This theory of constitutional change through a simple-majority referendum set Venezuela on the path to dictatorship, a strategy that is still ...

Diego Zambrano, The Constitutional Path to Dictatorship in Venezuela, Lawfare, March 18, 2019. Link(s):: Read More ...

The Path Toward Authoritarianism in Venezuela - Political Science

Venezuela formally democratized in 1958 after several political and social forces fought together against the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez ...

Venezuela: Reversing the Slide into Dictatorship - Crisis Group

President Maduro's goal in holding an election and allowing a genuine opposition candidate to stand was twofold: to remain in power; and to do ...

Venezuela's unraveling: War of polarization paves the road to ...

Venezuela's two-decade-long march to dictatorship—and an economic and humanitarian disaster of untold proportions—has deep roots. The most ...

Venezuela: A Democratic Crisis - United States Department of State

Slide Towards Dictatorship ... On January 10, 2019, Nicolás Maduro illegally claimed the presidency of Venezuela, despite global condemnation of a rigged election ...

How Venezuela went from a rich democracy to a dictatorship ... - Vox

Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, is scrambling to cling to power as his country is battered by an unprecedented economic crisis. And ...

The Rise and Fall of Venezuela's Pacted Democracy

Before the arrival of Chávez, Venezuela had enjoyed decades of democratic rule that started in 1958 after the removal of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez from power ...

Pivotal States: The Venezuela Problem

It has done whatever it thinks that it needs to do to remain in power, including throw more innocent people in jail, build up the number of ...

Strong International Action Required to Address Venezuela's ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's alarming power grab has turned Venezuela into a dictatorship. US leadership and regional cooperation is needed.

Venezuela's Chavez Era | Council on Foreign Relations

Following decades of rocky leadership by dictators and military juntas, Romulo Betancourt is elected president in 1958. Known as the "Father of Venezuelan ...

Roberts 1 The Fall of Democracy and the Rise of Authoritarianism in ...

to how Maduro has been able to retain power and what must change in order for the current Venezuelan dictatorship to shift to a democratic government.

Venezuelan dictatorship | Geopolitical Monitor

Thus, Venezuela's path towards a revolution-cum-dictatorship appears inevitable. | Read this and other headlines at Geopolitical Monitor.

The Enemies Clash: Lawless Constitution-Making in Venezuela and ...

The Ecuadorian system was so corrupt and the president's electoral wins so large that no alternative center of power existed to resist the president. The system ...

The 1999 Venezuelan Constitution- Making Process as an ...

only sovereign power in a constitutional state is the people. However, the ... We were not projecting the road of socialism. . . . Just as candidate ...

Know Your Enemy: Is Venezuela a Dictatorship? - AEI

... dictators.” Political commentators should consult it. So, is Nicolás Maduro a dictator? Is Venezuela a dictatorship? This brief guide is ...

How Maduro Clings to Power | Cato at Liberty Blog

Many liberal democracies in Latin America, most notably Argentina and Uruguay, have condemned Maduro's latest power grab. But the regime still ...

Can Venezuela Suddenly Transition to Democracy? Its People ...

Venezuela's dictatorship did not arise without a fight. In fact, ever since the new elite came to power, the opposition has tried almost every ...

Hugo Chavez's Constitutional Legacy - Brookings Institution

In the years that followed, the allure of such concentrated popular power has proven irresistible to aspiring dictators. In the late 1990s, Hugo ...

A Primer to Venezuela's Constitutional Crisis - IACL-AIDC Blog

However, to the rest of the world, it is still a legitimate branch of power. One of the reasons why this matters is that, according to the ...