Venezuela
April 14, 2016
In Venezuela, Maduro Clings to Power with the Long Arm of the Law
Guest post by Javier Corrales, contributing author to the edited volume, Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy. From his ascent to power in 1999 until his death, former Venezuelan President...
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March 10, 2016
Bids to Extend Term Limits Fall Short in Bolivia and Ecuador
Guest post by Fabiola Cordova. Venezuela: No Longer a Model Bolivian voters sent a strong message to President Evo Morales last month, rejecting his bid to change the constitution and run for...
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January 28, 2016
Freedom in the World: What’s Behind the Decade of Decline?
Guest post by Arch Puddington. According to Freedom in the World, a report issued annually by Freedom House, global democracy has experienced a decade of decline. This represents far-and-away the most...
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January 7, 2016
Venezuela and the Consequences of Shoddy Election Observation
Guest post by Christopher Sabatini. If the absence of protests or conflict on an election day is an indicator of success, then the success of the Union of South American Nations’...
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November 17, 2015
Distorting International Standards to Undermine Civil Society
Civil society around the world has fallen on hard times. Fifteen years after the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the Millennium Declaration trumpeted the value of non-governmental organizations and civil...
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September 22, 2015
The “GONGO Show”: Authoritarian Imposters Crowd-Out Civil Society
The closing space for civil society has been well documented, but sometimes modern autocrats find it more convenient to manipulate civic space than to close it. Contemporary authoritarian regimes are...
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