10:00–10:30 am

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Venezuela's Amazon: From Beauty to Beast

AS/COA held a one-on-one conversation with Cristina Burelli, an internationally known advocate for the Venezuelan Amazon.

10:00–10:30 am

Location
Cisco Webex
Online
Live Broadcast

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Overview

The Amazon biosphere covers a massive geographic area of South America, including a large portion of Venezuela. While much attention has focused in recent years on the environmental management practices of other nations, less attention has been paid to the destruction aided and abetted by successive chavista regimes in Venezuela.

Please join Americas Society/Council of the Americas for a conversation with Cristina Burelli, an internationally known advocate for the Venezuelan Amazon, who will explore these timely issues.

Speakers:

  • Cristina Burelli, Co-Founder and Executive Director, V5 Initiative Inc.
  • Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (interviewer)

No registration is required to view this live event.

Speakers

Cristina Burelli
Co-Founder and Executive Director, V5 Initiative Inc.

Cristina Vollmer Burelli, a Venezuelan-American social entrepreneur, is the founder and executive director of V5Initiative, a non-profit that leads and supports broad initiatives that promote better and more informed policy making and governance at the national and international...

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Eric Farnsworth
Vice President, AS/COA, Washington

Eric Farnsworth leads the Washington office of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society with a passion for promoting the importance of the Western Hemisphere for U.S. economic, security, and strategic interests.  A recognized expert, he maintains an important policy...

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