Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez

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Getting Sick in Venezuela Has Become a Death Sentence

From Tylenol to chemo — if you need it, you’re out of luck.

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Why Venezuela Needs an Exorcism

Three years after his death, Hugo Chávez continues to haunt the country he led into ruin.

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Are Venezuelans at the Breaking Point?

They thought they were used to standing in line. But no one ever dreamed it would get like this.

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Venezuela’s Supreme Court Suspends the Opposition-Dominated Parliament

Winning a landslide election was just the first step for Venezuela's opposition. Now the congress it controls is fighting for its life.

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President Maduro and His Imaginary Parliament

Venezuela’s opposition has just won a majority in the National Assembly — but the ruling socialists are already working to undermine it.

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The Slow Death of Chavismo

The Venezuelan president inherited a vast empire of propaganda from his charismatic predecessor. Here’s how he lost it.

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Latin America’s Leftists Get a Wake-Up Call

Mauricio Macri's victory in Argentina may lead to a new era of honesty about human rights abuses in Latin America.

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The Venezuelan President’s Birther Problem

President Maduro has been expelling Colombian migrants from Venezuela. But was he once one of them?

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About Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez

Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez teaches on Latin America at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and is a weekly columnist for the Venezuelan daily newspaper El Nacional. His Twitter handle is @Dlansberg.

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