"The nature of the relationship between the Iranian and Venezuelan autocrats undoubtedly warrants further inspection and close observation," write AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini and Ryan Berger in an op-ed for CNN Global Public Square.
Opposition candidates and leaders signed a pact September 26 to support the candidate who wins Venezuela’s February presidential primary. The victor is slated to face President Hugo Chávez in the October 2012 election.
El alcalde presenta cómo está enfrentando los desafíos en su municipalidad y responde preguntas sobre la campaña para las elecciones presidenciales de 2012 en Venezuela.
President Hugo Chávez’s announcement he was being treated for cancer has raised questions about Venezuela’s capacity to transition after 12 years under a strongly vertical political power structure.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has been unusually quiet during a prolonged recovery from emergency surgery while in Cuba. But energy shortages and a prison riot draw attention to the leadership vacuum back at home.
With Colombia's Supreme Court clearing the way for the extradition of alleged drug kingpin Walid Makled, the Santos government faces a difficult choice between sending him to the United States or Venezuela. Makled indicated he has evidence linking top Venezuelan officials drug trafficking.
