by Bereket Nelson | Mar 29, 2026 | Suffolk University
American Intervention in Venezuela: An Erosion of Democratic Norms In the early hours of January 3, 2026, U.S. military forces conducted an “intervention” in Venezuela’s sovereign territory, seizing and essentially extraditing the acting head of state, Nicolás...
by Maura Kitterick | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University
Trump’s notorious anti-immigration plans have remained ambitious during his second term in office, promising he “will launch the largest deportation program in American history to get the criminals out.” In just a couple of months since re-entering office,...
by Anusha Anand | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University
On January 10th, 2025, Nicolás Maduro was inaugurated to serve his third consecutive term as the president of Venezuela. This confirmed the results of the presidential election, which took place in July of 2024, although many regarded it as neither credible nor...
by Laura Gamboa | Sep 12, 2024 | University of Notre Dame
Laura Gamboa is an Assistant Professor of Democracy and Global Affairs at the Keough School at the University of Notre Dame. She is an Affiliated Faculty of the Democratic Erosion Consortium and teaches the DEC Democratic Erosion university course. A month ago, on...
by Anna Thorner | Mar 7, 2024 | William Jewell College
The story of Venezuela’s descent into autocracy is not one tale; it is two stories linked together by little more than a transfer of power and an overreliance upon the volatile oil industry to promote the growth of a nation. Hugo Chavez took charge of a democracy that...
