Venezuela Working Group
Venezuela Working Group
The Venezuela Working Group (VWG) leverages AS/COA’s corporate constituency to provide a unique forum for a constructive, hands-on conversation on Venezuela. The VWG navigates Venezuela’s changing economic and political landscape by convening key national and international stakeholders from the public, private, and social sectors to better understand the country’s present challenges and future political and economic scenarios. Our programs include high-level private and public meetings and discussions.
The VWG is open to and currently includes AS/COA corporate, Chairman’s International Advisory Council, Board of Directors, and President’s Circle members.
Leading Venezuelan civil society organizations will present their report The SDGs in Venezuela: Report from an Endangered Country on July 18 at AS/COA in New York.
Council of the Americas will hold a private, off-the-record meeting with James Story, chargé d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.
Join AWG for a discussion on fighting corruption in a new Venezuela and the launch of the Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) Index.
Join us and the Venezuelan American Association of the United States for an evening in support of the Cuatro por Venezuela Foundation's efforts addressing the country's humanitarian crisis.
Join YPA for a timely discussion on how Cuban baseball and Venezuelan soccer can transcend politics to foster transnational links with the United States and beyond.
The country faces prolonged confrontation over the July 28 election crisis. These factors could indicate change is coming.
Protests, mass detentions and intimidation marked the first week after the presidential vote. Although complex, pathways to a democratic transition still exist.
The Venezuelan people have taken risks for democracy. Those who voted for change deserve our support, writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth for U.S. News.
"El gobierno [de Nicolás Maduro] no tiene una evidencia para decir que ellos tienen la voluntad del pueblo", dice el director senior de AS/COA al medio.
"El pueblo venezolano merece más", escribe Susan Segal de AS/COA en El Nacional, El Tiempo, El Universal, La Nación y Listín Diario.
