After Chávez?
Photo by: UKBERRI.NET Uribe Kosta eta Erandioko agerkari digitala | Flickr | Creative Commons Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s solemn appearance on national television on December 8 may have marked...
View ArticleTop Five Events of 2012
A poll of contributors to AULABLOG identified the following five events (listed below in no particular order) as the most important in Latin America in 2012. We welcome you to post your own list using...
View ArticleVenezuela: A New Start?
By Fulton Armstrong and Eric Hershberg Memorial for Hugo Chavez | by Steve Rhodes | Flickr | Creative Commons The death of President Hugo Chávez yesterday, as has been duly noted, marks the beginning...
View ArticleChávez’s Passing: In the Hemisphere’s Words
Chavez | by Donmatas1 | Flickr | Creative Commons Below are excerpts from statements made by leaders of the Western Hemisphere upon learning of the passing of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. The...
View ArticleSouth America and the United States after Chávez
By Tom Long Banco del Sur | Photo by: Presidencia de la N. Argentina | Foter.com | CC BY In many depictions, South America’s relations with the United States have been structured around Hugo Chávez for...
View ArticleThe Danger of Dependence: Cuba’s Foreign Policy After Chavez
By William M. LeoGrande, World Politics Review Photo credit: ¡Que comunismo! / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA On March 8 in Caracas, Raúl Castro, looking somber, stood in a place of honor beside Hugo Chávez’s...
View ArticleALBA Governments and Presidential Succession
By Eric Hershberg Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is proof that being anointed successor by one’s patron on their deathbed isn’t adequate preparation for governing effectively or consolidating a...
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