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.
AS/COA will host leading experts to discuss Venezuela and PDVSA’s financial standing in 2017.
Americas Society/Council of the Americas will hold a discussion with José Miguel Vivanco, executive director for the Americas region at Human Rights Watch.
AS/COA will host a panel discussion on Venezuela and PDVSA’s financial standing.
AS/COA, in collaboration with Torino Capital, will host Henri Falcón, governor of the state of Lara, Venezuela.
AS/COA will host a conversation with leading economic and political experts from Venezuela.
The July 28 vote may hinge on how Machado and Rosales resolve their differences. Otherwise, regime-controlled institutions will most likely dictate the outcome.
Will María Corina Machado and regime opponents name a proxy candidate to outsmart a dictator desperately trying to stay in power?
"The transition to democracy boils down to a race against the clock," explains the AQ managing editor and AS/COA senior director of policy.
"The fundamental issue is political survival, not conquest," writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in The Spectator about the Venezuelan leader's recent actions.
The Baker Institute’s Francisco Monaldi covers what Washington’s plans for sanctions relief means for Venezuela’s oil sector and 2024 elections.