Venezuela, Latin America, and other odds and ends
Originally published by openDemocracy. I replied to individual tweets with my concerns. But I have 50 followers; they had hundreds of thousands. I was like a cartoon character plugging holes… Continue reading "Chronicle of a lie foretold: or, how I failed to stop Spain’s rightwing press from intervening in the 2013 Venezuelan presidential election"
Originally published by Huffington Post. With just a few days to go before Sunday’s elections (14 April), there’s only one winner: Chávez’s former vice-president Nicolás Maduro. Here we look at the… Continue reading "Venezuelan presidential election 2013: all over bar the shouting"
Published in Huffington Post. The death of Hugo Chávez leaves the future of Venezuela in the balance. With elections set for early April, the question of who will replace him… Continue reading "Venezuela after Chávez: who stands a chance in the 2013 presidential elections?"
