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.
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Council of the Americas will hold a public conversation with Secretary Alex Azar about how the United States can support the health security of the Venezuelan people.
Join the Venezuela Working Group and YPA for a cafecito with Armando Armas, a deputy in Venezuela’s National Assembly.
Council of the Americas will hold a private meeting with Alejandro Grisanti, the national plan coordinator for petroleum and the economy for Venezuela’s interim government.
Join YPA in Washington, DC for a discussion with prominent student leader Rafaela Requesens, who is leading several of the youth protests against Nicolás Maduro’s regime.
Council of the Americas will hold a private meeting to discuss the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s energy trade with Tarek Fahmy, acting director, office of sanctions policy and implementation, U.S. Department of State.
As Venezuela hurtles toward global pariah status, democracies worldwide are finally acknowledging the crisis, writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth for Univision News.
To trigger a transition, the government’s beleaguered opponents will likely need to turn up the pressure.
Northwestern’s Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez explains why the international private sector might be more effective than sanctions at bringing change to the South American country.
Video: ¿Qué pasará en Venezuela después del 20 de mayo?
Video: ¿Qué pasará en Venezuela después del 20 de mayo?
Días previos a las elecciones, tres destacados panelistas analizaron el panorama económico y político en Venezuela—y lo que le espera al país en el futuro.
Panelistas:
- Asdrúbal Oliveros, Director and Partner, Ecoanalítica
- Luisa Palacios, Managing Director for Latin America, Medley Global Advisors
- David Smolansky, Exiled former Mayor of El Hatillo, Venezuela
- Brian Winter, Editor-in-Chief of Americas Quarterly; Vice President of Policy at AS/COA (moderator)
Días previos a la elección del 20 de mayo, tres destacados panelistas analizaron el panorama económico y político en Venezuela—y lo que le espera al país en el futuro. En el panel el 14 de mayo en Nueva York, los expertos hablaron de las condiciones necesarias para que salga Nicolás Maduro del poder, las expectativas de las elecciones ilegítimas que se aproximan, y los desafíos que enfrenta el país cuando llegue al punto de reconstrucción.
Many speakers had strong words for Venezuela, none more so than U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley.
