In Venezuela, Dialogue Is Not an Olive Branch

By Fabiana Sofia Perera

Fabiana Sofia Perera is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at George Washington University, where her research focuses on unemployment and social spending in resource dependent countries. Previously, she worked as a research associate for Mitsubishi International Corporation and for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.

Across Venezuela, opposition supporters protested Wednesday in reaction to President Nicolas Maduro shutting down the option of a recall referendum against him. On October 20, Maduro alleged fraud in the collection of the more than 200,000 signatures needed for a referendum – thereby, making a referendum impossible.

Maduro’s decision established the government as an authoritarian regime and no longer the hybrid regime it had been for so long, wrote Professor Javier Corrales in the Americas Quarterly. At the same time, the decision united the opposition, in the belief that taking to the streets is now the only way to get rid of Maduro.  

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