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Analysis

Academics, social sciences researchers, journalists and interested parties are adviced to analyse critically these series of factual reports produced by Sumate, in order to gain a clear perspective and understanding of the State of Democracy in Venezuela.

The Transparency of the Electoral Power

• DOES THE PERMANENT ELECTORAL REGISTER (REP) CONTAIN TRUE AND PRECISE INFORMATION? (02.11.2005)
• IS VOTING BY WAY OF ELECTRONIC MACHINES RELIABLE? (02.11.2005)
• DOES THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL ACT IN CONFORMITY TO THE LAW? (02.11.2005)
• DOES THE CNE ADDRESS THE INTERESTS OF CIVIL SOCIETY OR THOSE OF THE GOVERNMENT? (02.11.2005)
• IS THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL (CNE) AN IMPARTIAL BODY ? (02.11.2005

The Rule of Law

• IS THE SUPREME COURT AT THE SERVICE OF THE ADMINISTRATION? (01.11.2005)
• DO VENEZUELA'S COURTS RESPECT CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PRINCIPLES? (01.11.2005)
• IS THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIAL CAREER RESPECTED? (01.11.2005)
• ARE THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES BIASED IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES? (01.11.2005

Independence of Public Power

• IS THE NEW CITIZENS' POWER (THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE PEOPLES' ADVOCATE) CONTROLLED BY THE EXECUTIVE? (31.10.2005)
• IS THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL CONTROLLED BY THE EXECUTIVE? (31.10.2005)
• IS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH CONTROLLED BY THE EXECUTIVE? (31.10.2005)
• IS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH CONTROLLED BY THE EXECUTIVE? (31.10.2005)

Author: Carlos Rodríguez
The author is the former Group Finance Manager of Bitumenes Orinoco , S.A. (BITOR). He has been involved in the development of the Orinoco Belt working for PDVSA’s subsidiaries for over 22 years in Oilfield Development, Corporate Planning and Strategy, and Finance. He holds a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas , Venezuela , and an MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from Cranfield University , UK . The author can be contacted by email via carlos_rodriguez_fbo@yahoo.co.uk.
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Author: Colin Forbes
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Author: Francisco Toro
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Author: Gustavo Tovar Arroyo
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Author: Maritza Ramírez de Agena
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Author: Moises Naim
Moises is Editor of Foreign Policy Magazine and was
Venezuela's Minister of Trade and Industry from 1989 to 1990.
Article: The Venezuelan Story: Revisiting the Conventional Wisdom
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Author: Antonio Guzman-Blanco
Former Manager at a major international bank doing business
in Venezuela
Article: President Hugo Chavez' ties to terrorism
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Author: Francisco Castillo
Francisco is attorney at Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque,
one of Venezuela's most prestigious law firms.
Article: Chavez and Terrorism

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