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Cambio de mando en el ELN: distinto rostro con un mismo prontuario Tras la renuncia de alias 'Gabino' como máximo comandante del ELN, asumió alias 'Antonio García', un guerrillero que habría diseñado un plan para proteger a Nicolás Maduro en caso de una posible incursión militar de EEUU en Venezuela Nicolás Rodríguez, alias ‘Gabino’, renunció este jueves al cargo de jefe del ELN, sustituyéndolo de inmediato Eliécer Herlinto Chamorro Acosta, alias ‘Antonio García’, con quien comparte un prontuario criminal. (PanAm Post) Nada puede esperarse de un cambio de mando en un grup...

0.30 Source: Francisco Rodríguez, “Crude Realities: Understanding Venezuela’s Economic Collapse,” Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights (blog), Washington Office on Latin America, September 20, 2018. Rodríguez found that oil production in Venezuela followed the same general pattern as in Colombia until Trump’s financial sanctions were imposed. Production levels in both countries basically tracked international oil prices, but after Trump’s sanctions were imposed production levels in both countries diverged drastically: Venezuela’s plummeted while Colombia’s stabilized. Had Vene...

Hermes Pérez, exfuncionario del BCV, asegura que ningún medio de pago electrónico que quiera implementar Maduro sustituye a los bolívares

What’s new? As Nicolás Maduro forces dissidents to flee Venezuela, exiles have come to play important roles influencing both the opposition’s political strategy and international policy toward Caracas. Analysis of social media suggests that exile can lead opposition members to use strident rhetoric and advocate aggressive ideas more often than domestic counterparts. Why does it matter? Internationally facilitated negotiations remain Venezuela’s best path to peace, and the new U.S. administration might very well pursue them. Their success rests on all parties’ willingness to accep...