HAVANA TIMES — The following is an extensive analysis and on-the-scene account by the Center for Democracy in the Americas of the recent Venezuelan elections that gave Nicolas Maduro a slight victory over challenger Henrique Capriles and the lingering controversy in the aftermath. Caracas Connect: Photo Finish and a Lingering… read more »
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Tag Archives: Venezuela
April 25, 2013
US welcomes Venezuela’s appointment of envoy
AFP – The United States voiced hope Wednesday for a “productive” relationship with Venezuela as it welcomed the appointment of a new envoy to Washington by the successor of leftist leader Hugo Chavez. President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday named ruling lawmaker Calixto Ortega as the charge d’affaires at the embassy in Washington after the… read more »
April 23, 2013
Caracas Connect, April 2013: Venezuela’s Elections- Photo Finish and a Lingering Controversy
Since the polls closed in Caracas on Sunday evening, April 14th, bringing a polarizing campaign to an end with a surprising photo finish, events in Venezuela have been fast moving. While Nicolás Maduro has been declared the winner, and sworn in as president, the controversy surrounding the campaign is outliving… read more »
April 19, 2013
CUBA CENTRAL Newsblast: With Boston in our thoughts
This was a violent, disheartening week in the United States. A town called West, Texas was knocked down by an explosion at a fertilizer plant that claimed at least a dozen lives and injured hundreds of others. Survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School and other massacres watched with broken hearts as… read more »
April 15, 2013
Maduro wins by a whisker: Read Dan Hellinger’s analysis
When the ballots were counted in Venezuela on Sunday, April 14, Nicolás Maduro won election to succeed the late president, Hugo Chávez, but by the narrowest of margins. Dr. Dan Hellinger, CDA’s emeritus president, advisory board member, and author of our monthly update on Venezuela, Caracas Connect, was asked to comment… read more »
March 19, 2013
Venezuela to Auction Dollars to Fight Black Market Rate
Corina Pons and José Orozco, Bloomberg - Venezuela will start auctioning dollars to importers, especially of medicine, food and industrial equipment, to arrest the bolivar’s decline in the black market and ease inflation. The greenbacks will be auctioned with prices starting at the official rate of 6.3 bolivars per dollar, central bank… read more »
March 15, 2013
CUBA CENTRAL Newsblast: Cuba A-Z (from Aruca to Zoo-bio)
The New York Times once described him as “a cheerful, box-shaped man with a face like a friendly bulldog.” Like a bulldog, Francisco Aruca was resolute and courageous, friendly with strangers and, when provoked, he was a force to be reckoned with. So, we were stricken when friends like Silvia… read more »
March 6, 2013
Caracas Connect: The Chávez Legacy
Hugo Chávez Frías died at age 58 on March 5. He was the dominant personality in Latin American politics over the past fifteen years. First, with the failed coup of 1992, which raised questions about the compatibility of neoliberal, free market economic policies with democracy; then, with his landslide election to the Venezuelan presidency in December 1998, he put himself at the leading edge of what has been called the “Pink Wave” – the rise of leftists to power after years in the wilderness.
March 6, 2013
Statement From Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Death of Hugo Chávez
Rosalynn and I extend our condolences to the family of Hugo Chávez Frías. We met Hugo Chávez when he was campaigning for president in 1998 and The Carter Center was invited to observe elections for the first time in Venezuela. We returned often, for the 2000 elections, and then to… read more »
March 5, 2013
Tributes to Hugo Chávez flow from South American leaders
Jonathan Watts, The Guardian – Tributes and condolences after the death of Hugo Chávez have flowed in from South America, where many saw the Venezuelan president as the inspiration behind increased regional intergration and the remarkable political gains of leftwing parties since the Venezuelan president began his “Bolivarian revolution”. Bolivia announced seven days… read more »
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