by OSNY DAVID CALDERON | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Following the death of extremely popular president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez in 2013, his vice president and handpicked successor Nicolás Maduro was appointed and later narrowly elected President only winning 50.6 percent of the vote. Maduro claimed he would continue...
by KARLA APARICIO | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
It is no secret that Venezuela’s economic and political worlds have been at a breaking point for some time. Economic downfalls and crises lead to uncertainty within its citizens in the 1980’s. According to a party system collapse research by Jason Seawright in...
by ADJA MAGETTE HUDSON FAYE | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Since 2012, Venezuela’s economic condition has been on a downward spiral and the country is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. The political climate has worsened as democracy is continually undermined in the regime led by current president Nicolás Maduro. The...
by DELANEY GOODMAN | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Hugo Chavez was Venezuela’s most successful president and democracy’s worst nightmare. His socialist rhetoric and policies were the catalyst for a devastating democratic backslide in Venezuela. Since the early 1900s Venezuela has gone through an era of political...
