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Speaking of Defining Democracy: the EIU’s 2015 Democracy Index

In the Origins series of posts, my goal has been to reflect on the research and thought processes that served as the foundation for my translations of four of Hugo Chávez’s political speeches. And in Origins II – Venezuelan Education Reform, readers learn that what piqued my interest early on in pursuing this project was…

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Origins II – Venezuelan Education Reform

On December 23, 2010, Venezuela’s National Assembly passed the controversial Ley de educación universitaria (University Education Law, LEU). Their passage of the bill came just days before the Christmas recess and the beginning of the 2011-2015 term, in which the almost entirely pro-Chávez assembly would be replaced by one in which the opposition had gained…