In 2016, the Supreme Tribunal refused to acknowledge the democratically elected National Assembly's attempts to recall Maduro, and the words "dictator" and "authoritarianism" began to appear: "Foreign Affairs" wrote of a "full-on dictatorship", Javier Corrales wrote in "Americas Quarterly" that Venezuela was "transition to a full dictatorship", and OAS General Secretary Luis Almagro said that Maduro was becoming a dictator. After election officials closely aligned with the government blocked an attempt to summon a recall referendum against Maduro, Venezuelan political analysts cited in "The Guardian" warned of authoritarianism and a dictatorship.