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Maryhen Jiménez

@maryhenjimenez.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Politics, Maynooth University, Ireland | Political Scientist | PhD DPIR Oxford | political oppositions, Latin American politics | views my own

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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Coming back here after a while to share some exciting news: I have begun a new chapter as Assistant Professor of Politics at @maynoothuniversity.ie 🤩🥳
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Crisis Group Latinoamérica @latam.crisisgroup.org · 14/07/2026
EVENTO EN LÍNEA | Reconstruir Venezuela. Transición, terremotos y la nueva relación con EE.UU. 📆 23 de julio ⏰ 10am Caracas/Washington, DC Con @philgunson.bsky.social, @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social, Ginger Jacobs, Andrés Antillano, Feliciano Reyna y @renatasegura.bsky.social Regístrate 🔽
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Reconstruir Venezuela. Transición, terremotos y la nueva relación con EE.UU. | International Crisis Group
Jueves 23 de julio de 202610am Caracas | 10am Washington, DC | 4pm BruselasRegístrese acá si desea participar en el evento.
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Why do opposition parties in autocracies struggle to unite? Jonas Bergan Draege & @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social examine how resource asymmetry & high-pressure moments like protests deepen fragmentation. Read more: buff.ly/Rqil9gk @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
1/6 In this piece, we look at what the earthquakes revealed in #Venezuela: a state with coercive power but little administrative capacity, an opposition with democratic legitimacy but limited embedded institutional and governing abilities verfassungsblog.de/venezuela-af...
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Venezuela After the Earthquakes
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Crisis Group Latinoamérica @latam.crisisgroup.org · 17/06/2026
ONLINE EVENT | What next for Venezuela? Six Months After 3 January 📅 1 July ⏰ 10 am Caracas / Washington, DC | 4 pm Brussels W/ @philgunson.bsky.social, Ginger Jacobs, Andrés Antillano, @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social and @renatasegura.bsky.social. Register here 🔽 www.crisisgroup.org/how-we-work/...
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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A diverse group of 21 Venezuelanist social scientists has produced a working paper on what we think needs to occur for a fulsome democratic transition to take place in Venezuela. @dsmilde.bsky.social @masayalb.bsky.social @beccahanson.bsky.social @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social ⬇️ t.co/PMZ75AVDvz
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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
In @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social et al. argue that tools historically linked to regime liberalization that domestic opposition movements once used to push back against autocracy have lost their utility and even begun to promote illiberalism doi.org/10.1353/jod....
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Why do opposition parties in autocracies struggle to unite? Jonas Bergan Draege & @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social examine how resource asymmetry & high-pressure moments like protests deepen fragmentation. Read more: buff.ly/YlqiPGx @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Very happy to see this out!
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Sharing our oped published in @elpais.com on current events in #Venezuela. Is a transition to democracy still possible? elpais.com/america/2026...
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La democracia no llegará por ‘delivery’: imaginando un futuro distinto para Venezuela
Las élites venezolanas pudieran estar realmente forzadas a negociar si pretenden recuperar el espacio político interno y proteger al país de la subordinación externa
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Why do opposition parties in autocracies struggle to unite? Jonas Bergan Draege & @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social examine how resource asymmetry & high-pressure moments like protests deepen fragmentation. Read more: buff.ly/k2arX2i @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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Divided Opposition: Resource Asymmetry, Elections, and Protests in Electoral Autocracies - Jonas Bergan Draege, Maryhen Jiménez, 2025
Despite calls for strategic unity against authoritarian incumbents, opposition parties often struggle to coordinate on a shared strategy. Why? This article buil...
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Thanks @kaimthaler.bsky.social! I’m thinking about writing a piece soon. I’m commenting on my IG if anyone wants to follow me there.
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Looking for an interesting Sunday read? Here it is: elpais.com/america/2025...
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¿Estará Río de Janeiro más segura después de la Operación Contención? Los estudios sobre la mano dura en América Latina sugieren que no
La mano dura contra el narcoterrorismo probablemente aumentará la violencia y la inseguridad en los espacios urbanos y en la región
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Viviana Baraybar Hidalgo @vivianabh.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Very excited for the first day of our workshop for PhD students and early career researchers working on Latin America! @marialingon.bsky.social @pvkastner.bsky.social @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social. Thanks to funding from @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social, DPIR, SLAS and the LAC
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Still a couple of days left to apply for the Rising Scholars Workshop on Comparative Politics in Latin America at Nuffield College, Oxford on March 10-11!
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Apply by 31 Jan!!
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Maria Puolakkainen @marialingon.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Call for abstracts by 31 Jan: Rising Scholars Workshop on Comparative Politics in Latin America at Nuffield College, Oxford on March 10-11! 2-day event for early career scholars to workshop their papers with senior discussants. Seeking abstracts on a wide range of CP topics. Please share widely.
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Happy to have my author copy of “The Recasting of the Latin American Right”. In this chapter, we unpack right wing politics in Venezuela. Who represents “the right”? Find out here ✨
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Benjamin Garcia-Holgado @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Excited to share my latest #OpenAccess publication! I develop a theory on how courts can counter executive aggrandizement—even in unlikely contexts—offering a fresh perspective on #DemocraticResilience. I welcome any feedback, reactions, or questions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Overruling the Executive: Judicial Strategies to Resist Democratic Erosion | Journal of Law and Courts | Cambridge Core
Overruling the Executive: Judicial Strategies to Resist Democratic Erosion
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skurtenbach @skurtenbach.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Independiente de lo que pase hoy, el futuro de Venezuela se decidirá en sociedad civil. Un análisis muy importante de las colegas @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social y Verónica Zubillaga elpais.com/america/2025... @giga-hamburg.de @elpais.com @redpolitologas.bsky.social @millanos.bsky.social @
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¿Quién democratiza a quién? La sociedad organizada y la lucha silenciosa por el cambio en Venezuela
La falta de coordinación sostenida en la estrategia de la oposición ha contribuido a apuntalar al chavismo en el poder
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Mariana Llanos @millanos.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
elpais.com/america/2025... De @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social y Veronica Zubillaga. Muy buena lectura
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¿Quién democratiza a quién? La sociedad organizada y la lucha silenciosa por el cambio en Venezuela
La falta de coordinación sostenida en la estrategia de la oposición ha contribuido a apuntalar al chavismo en el poder
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José Antonio Sanahuja @jasanahuja.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
🤔 "Venezuela es un buen caso para repensar el arte de la resistencia y la acción colectiva, silenciosa en contextos de arbitrariedad (...) y esencial para restablecer el tejido social y mellar el poder autoritario". Buen ✍️ de @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social y V. Zubillaga elpais.com/america/2025...
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¿Quién democratiza a quién? La sociedad organizada y la lucha silenciosa por el cambio en Venezuela
La falta de coordinación sostenida en la estrategia de la oposición ha contribuido a apuntalar al chavismo en el poder
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Sara Wallace Goodman @saragoodman.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A serious question: how will comparative politics respond to the problem of under-powered research (see below)? I hope the the field will lean back into our strength (comparative case study) but I worry it will only tip toward big data. 1: from JOP: shorturl.at/aVJB2 2: from APSR: shorturl.at/sbPUi
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
RR in my inbox 🤩
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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Ask to be added and recommend others on Bluesky! go.bsky.app/5WzEcJ1
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Gorgeous day in Oxford, at least for a bit 🦋
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Maryhen Jiménez @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Looking forward to this talk tomorrow. If you’re in London, join us if you can ✨
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