Latin America’s Imperiled Progress: Chavez and the End of “Partyarchy” in Venezuela

President Hugo Cháez's regime demonstrates how a public desire for change plus state resources can be exploited to undermine democracy.

While charges of electronic fraud in the actual voting or vote-counting are unproven, the dubious and even illegal tactics that the Chavez regime used throughout the larger process point to…

The historical record since 1945 gives us a picture of how populists operate once they hold political power. The record shows that populism is inimical to liberal democracy, and not…