The July 28 vote may hinge on how Machado and Rosales resolve their differences. Otherwise, regime-controlled institutions will most likely dictate the outcome.
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"Now do you try to reimpose sanctions, and at what level?" says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Washington Post.
"I said at the time, you lift the sanctions now, you take away your own leverage," says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Wall Street Journal.
"It's a fundamental mistake that plays into the regime's own interest," says AS/COA's vice president on opposition leader María Corina Machado's exit.
Will María Corina Machado and regime opponents name a proxy candidate to outsmart a dictator desperately trying to stay in power?
"The transition to democracy boils down to a race against the clock," explains the AQ managing editor and AS/COA senior director of policy.
El petróleo "está suponiendo una transformación masiva" para el país sudamericano, dice el editor gerente de AQ al canal.