Jose Hernandez

2 months ago | americasquarterly.org | Jose Hernandez |José Hernandez |José Hernández

Reading Time: 5 minutesPresident Donald J. Trump has announced ambitious goals for his Latin America agenda, including plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, reshape U.S. border and immigration policies, and possibly take back the Panama Canal. But when it comes to Venezuela, recent events suggest he may be casting aside the aggressive policies—known as the “maximum pressure” strategy—adopted during his first presidency.

Jan 23, 2025 | csis.org | Ryan Berg |Jose Hernandez |José Hernandez |José Hernández |Alexandra Winkler

Expectations are sky-high for the Trump administration’s policy toward the Maduro regime in Venezuela. Many Venezuelans, including leading voices in the opposition, grew tired of the Biden administration’s unwillingness to bring serious financial consequences to the Maduro regime following its brazen election theft in July 2024.

Dec 11, 2024 | americasquarterly.org | Jose Hernandez |José Hernandez |José Hernández

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn less than a month, Nicolás Maduro is set to begin a third term as Venezuela’s president, even though vote tallies demonstrate that opposition candidate Edmundo González won the election by a landslide.

Nov 14, 2024 | verfassungsblog.de | Itarian Populism |Jose Hernandez |José Hernandez |José Hernández

Presidential reelection is once more a focal point in Latin American constitutional law. The amendment to the 2010 Dominican Constitution, approved in October 2024, modifies the presidential term to bar future changes that would permit unlimited presidential reelection. This reform opposes the populist trend that argues for the people’s unconditional right to reelect the incumbent president, as witnessed in Venezuela and Chile.

Aug 15, 2024 | americasquarterly.org | Jose Hernandez |José Hernandez |José Hernández

Reading Time: 4 minutesVenezuela is a remarkable, although tragic, example of how dictators—as the political philosopher Heinrich Rommen once wrote—are masters of legalism. When Hugo Chávez was elected in December 1998, Venezuela had a workable constitutional democracy. Since then, democracy has eroded in a slow-motion process through the abuse of constitutional institutions, following the patterns of constitutional authoritarianism complemented by populist rhetoric.