Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception.

A national primary election would electrify the people and give them a larger stake in the outcome.

Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception.

The infrastructure, institutions and social fabric of Venezuela are deteriorating, and people realize the Chavez government has been the problem, not the solution.

The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression.

We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans.