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Venezuela: Is This the Final Straw?

By Javier Corrales

In dealing with the recall referendum, the government is playing dirty.

I recently wrote about the one institutional factor that, in my opinion, is keeping Venezuela's government alive. I called it the judicial shield, which refers to how the Supreme Court has sided entirely with the executive branch to invalidate every act of Congress, thereby disarming the opposition.

But in recent weeks I have also recognized something that could potentially bring down the administration of President Nicolás Maduro: electoral irregularities. I have tallied 26...

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