Council on Foreign Relations

Venezuela's next leader must confront rampant crime, economic distortions, and political divisions. This Issue Guide provides background and...

Calls for more popular participation are not essential to populism; rather, they are a symptom of perceived exclusion (which might well be a...

Julia Sweig looks at Venezuela's upcoming presidential election through the lens of advertisements.

Joel D. Hirst discusses the results of a recent referendum in Ecuador and the rise of anti-institutionalism in the Bolivarian Alliance countries.