Venezuela /newsroom/taxonomy/term/9480/all en Venezuela's Collapse: Rule of law and economy almost non-existent /newsroom/channels/news/venezuelas-collapse-rule-law-and-economy-almost-non-existent-269042 <p> Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:41:21 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 32090 at /newsroom Op-ed: 'Dictatorship in Venezuela will soon be reality' /newsroom/channels/news/op-ed-dictatorship-venezuela-will-soon-be-reality-269174 <p><em>Jose Mauricio Gaona is an O鈥橞rien Fellow at 黑料不打烊 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, a Saul Hayes Fellow at 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Faculty of Law, and a Vanier Canada Scholar.</em></p> <p>"Sunday鈥檚 election in Venezuela of a national constituent assembly does not represent the very beginnings of Mr. Maduro鈥檚 dictatorship, but its final ascension. In truth, the actions of Mr. Maduro鈥檚 government in the past 12 months are archetypical of a dictatorship, not a democracy."</p> Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:05:21 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 32119 at /newsroom