Watch Spear's columnist and blogger Vanessa Neumann on the BBC discussing the Venezuelan election.

Dr Vanessa Neumann, as well as being a columnist and blogger for Spear's, is an expert on international politics: watch her below (or click here) on BBC2's Newsnight last night talking about the recent election in Venezuela. (Scroll to 29:00 for the whole item.) You can also read her column in the Guardian on Hugo Chavez here.