Relations between Venezuela and Colombia have had good times, of harmony, friendship and good neighborliness, and hostile times, that are complicated and with backs turned to the 2,219 kilometers of problems we share. In the 20th century, the best decade was that of the nineties, where through the mechanisms created...
Las relaciones entre Venezuela y Colombia han tenido tiempos buenos, de concordia, amistad y buena vecindad, y tiempos hostiles, complicados y de espaldas a los 2.219 kilómetros de problemas que compartimos. En el siglo 20, la mejor década fue la de los años noventa, donde a través de los mecanismos creados por el...
por Maria Teresa Belandria, Fulbright Research Scholar Visiting Professor en el Centro William J. Perry Center para Estudios de Defensa Hemisféricos en la Universidad Nacional de Defensa en Washington, DC, y consultora a Asymmetrica en temas de seguridad latinomaericana El pasado domingo 27 de mayo se realizó la primera vuelta...
The result of Sunday's first round elections in Colombia (which had that country's highest electoral participation in 20 years) are that conservative candidate Iván Duque will face former M-19 guerrillero (and local chavista) Gustavo Petro in June 17th's second round of voting. We predict Iván Duque will win Colombia's presidency. Here are the scenarios....
Today the joint forces of diplomacy, finance and military might closed in on the regime of Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro, hastening its demise. Here is what happened today: EU issued sanctions on Venezuela. This significantly complicates next week's renegotiations in Caracas of $160 billion of debt. The negotiations were unsavory...
by Dr. Vanessa Neumann We were right: as we predicted in our previous blog, Lenín Moreno became the new President of Ecuador in last night's second round elections. Since our electoral forecast was correct, you might do well to read our economic forecast. Last night was not without its excitement though. Right wing...
by Dr. Vanessa Neumann As President Trump's first week in office unfolded, Asymmetrica has been blasted with phone calls and emails from our Latin American friends. They are worried not just about entering the US, but trading with it: Pres. Trump's talk of imposing tariffs on imports from Mexico (in contravention of...
by Dr. Vanessa Neumann While the world does not pay attention, the Chavista rulers in Venezuela are closing regime change options by detaining, torturing and killing the emergent effective leaders of the opposition. The people being targeted are members of opposition (MUD) political parties forming an alliance in the more radical wing of the...
by Vanessa Neumann The collapse of Venezuela accelerated visibly today, as angry and hungry mobs roved the streets (throughout the country) for food and money. Click on the link to watch a video of Bolivarian National Guard repression of today's protests for food: disturbios-mp4 The Chavista regime got elected in 1998 to...
In a public announcement on July 11, Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro said that all government ministries would be subordinated to the Defense Minister Gen. Vladimir Padrino López. Critically, Gen. Padrino would be charged with the Great Mission of Sovereign Supply. (Chavistas seem to follow in the Chinese Communist tradition of ostentation in their...
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