/tags/david-smolansky David Smolansky en-US WLRN Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:00:20 GMT /news/2021-04-13/why-floridas-republican-power-grabs-remind-some-critics-of-venezuelas-socialist-regime Some political experts say Florida's efforts to usurp local government authority are uncomfortably reminiscent of the late strongman Hugo Chávez's playbook. Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:00:20 GMT /news/2021-04-13/why-floridas-republican-power-grabs-remind-some-critics-of-venezuelas-socialist-regime Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2018-06-11/young-escaped-venezuelan-opposition-leader-we-have-to-organize-the-diaspora Last month Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro won another six year term in an election widely considered fraudulent. He tightened his authoritarian… Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:55:38 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2018-06-11/young-escaped-venezuelan-opposition-leader-we-have-to-organize-the-diaspora Tim Padgett