Protesters cite the Pinochet-era retirement scheme as their top grievance. Fixing it will mean a return to basic principles of social security.
The AS/COA's Venezuela Working Group head says many observers have called the January 5 vote for a new National Assembly president a "sham election."
The chaos is part of Nicolás Maduro’s strategy to keep the opposition on its heels and to consolidate power, says the AS/COA vice president in this Q&A.
The country’s political crisis has masked concerning macroeconomic trends.
"It’s a haunting and fitting disjunction for trying to comprehend such severe, man-made devastation," says The New York Times.
"De acuerdo con la constitución de Venezuela, es Juan Guaidó quien es el presidente interino del país", dijo el vicepresidente de AS/COA.
The government’s blockade of the National Assembly on Jan. 5 seems to have run counter to its own 2020 election strategy. Can the opposition capitalize?
The region’s governments need to “fix their roofs while the sun is shining.”