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.
Venezuelan Opposition Candidate Series
The founder of the Vente Venezuela movement spoke virtually to members gathered in New York.
The candidate of the Voluntad Popular movement spoke to members gathered in Miami.
Council of the Americas will host a high-level, public consultations on Venezuela to discuss the current state of play and what comes next.
AS/COA will host a panel of leading experts on September 26 to discuss Venezuela and PDVSA’s debt and the increasing likelihood of default.
On August 10, hear from leading democracy activists Carlos Vecchio of Voluntad Popular and Julio Henriquez of Foro Penal discuss the implications of the constituent assembly.
Join the Venezuela Working Group and YPA for a cafecito with Ana Cristina Vargas, founder of Trazando Espacios Públicos.
AS/COA will host a conference on July 13 in Miami with Venezuelan civil society leaders on the ongoing crisis and the humanitarian situation.
The question, says Nomura Securities’ Siobhan Morden, is if the government of President Nicolás Maduro is resilient enough to withstand the fallout of a hard default.
A panel of experts shared their take on the government’s bond payment schedule, the country’s deepening economic crisis, and what election results mean for the opposition.
The Maduro administration worked hard to suppress opposition turnout in gubernatorial races on October 15 before claiming victory in 17 of 23 states, in defiance of polls.
When it comes to the EU, OAS, and UN, responses to Venezuela’s crisis are mixed.
On August 4, the newly elected Constituent Assembly moved into the opposition-held National Assembly’s headquarters.