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Democracy and the recall referendum in Venezuela

by Luis E. Lander, Margarita López Maya

26 May 2004

The last few years have been turbulent for Venezuela. Our populist president, Hugo Chavez, has survived a military «coup d’etat» faced a management-led oil strike that crippled our economy, and is now facing a recall campaign from his political opponents. But perhaps the biggest threat to (…)