Maduro’s Pyrrhic Victory

The Venezuelan president’s reelection doesn’t save him from the precariousness of his situation.

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Allison Fedirka
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Venezuela’s National Electoral Council declared Nicholas Maduro the victor in the country’s July 28 presidential elections. Official results showed he received 51 percent of the vote, while the opposition candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, won 44 percent. The results come as little surprise given that Maduro, now entering his third term, has regularly manipulated elections in […]

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Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/author/afedirka/
Allison Fedirka is the director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. In addition to analyzing and writing about global geopolitical issues, she helps train new analysts, oversees the intellectual quality of analyst work and helps guide the forecasting process. Prior to joining Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Fedirka worked for Stratfor as a Latin America specialist and subsequently as the Latin America regional director. She lived in South America – primarily Argentina and Brazil – for more than seven years and, in addition to English, fluently speaks Spanish and Portuguese. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.

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