by Colton Wade | May 2, 2019 | Georgetown University
Under the world’s gaze, two individuals have spent the last three months engaged in a binary struggle for power in Venezuela—Juan Guaidó, the interim president, and Nicolás Maduro, the de facto leader. Countries across the world have taken sides, as have the...
by Meghan Ward | May 1, 2019 | University of Chicago
“The moment is now” — this was the rallying cry Juan Guaido issued to the people of Venezuela in a video he released on Tuesday. Standing alongside military supporters who defected to him from President Nicolas Maduro’s regime, Guaido called on the rest of the...
by Ian Henson | Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago
A successful representative democracy is dependent on the expression of the citizens’ interests and views in society through “popular sovereignty”. This idea is the foundation of any working democracy where representatives are tasked with both representing and acting...
by Luis Sierra | Apr 21, 2019 | University of Chicago
In Venezuela, President Nicholas Maduro has managed to remain in power even as the country continues through protests and a worsening economic crisis. Even after Juan Guiado the opposition leader proclaimed himself as the interim president of the country and has been...
by Ian Henson | Apr 21, 2019 | University of Chicago
Constitutions are widely recognized as a critical or essential component to a well-functioning democracy. Although many would agree that the U.S. Constitution is not a perfect document, it has existed as the U.S.’s governing document for over two-hundred years, albeit...
