by Gianluca Mangione | Nov 24, 2020 | Northeastern University
Latin America faces a wave of challenges since the start of the 21st century, rising inequality, lack of economic growth amongst other issues. However, right-wing politicians have attributed the woes of all the continent’s problems to one organization: The Forum...
by Alex Mantilla | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
On September 2, prominent Venezuelan opposition figure Henrique Capriles announced his support for opposition candidates in the upcoming December legislative elections. The announcement garnered international attention as Juan Guaidó, self-declared interim President...
by Gianluca Mangione | Oct 15, 2020 | Northeastern University
With the United States approaching its most contentious election yet, the atmosphere feels like a Latin American déjà vu… As President Hugo Chavez threatened his opponents on live television the night of December 5th of 2007, Venezuelan college students celebrated...
by Madison Smrz | Oct 14, 2020 | University of Georgia
The sweeping reforms of Hugo Chávez not only initiated democratic breakdown within Venezuela, but also signaled a rise in opposition against the increasingly authoritarian regime that remains prevalent to this day. Recently, rising violence in Venezuela by the current...
by Antonietta Paolino | Apr 8, 2020 | Boston University
Venezuela has been going through a twenty year long political and economic rough patch. Beginning with Hugo Chavez in 1998 and now with Nicolas Maduro, almost five million people have had to leave the country in hopes of a better future, my family and I being part of...
