July 2021 Venezuela Policy Bites: Regional elections and negotiations

Members of the Atlantic Council’s Venezuela Working Group: Leopoldo Martínez, founder and CEO, Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas; and former representative, Venezuela National Assembly; Carrie Filipetti, executive director, Vandenberg Coalition; and former deputy assistant secretary for Cuba and Venezuela, US Department of State; Colette Capriles, associate professor and researcher in philosophy, politics, and social sciences, Simon Bolivar University; and David Smolansky, secretary general envoy for Venezuelan migration and refugee crisis, Organization of American States; provided policy bites on Venezuela’s upcoming regional elections, its potential effects on the political negotiations between Maduro and the opposition, and the role of the international community.

Carrie Filipetti on options for the international community to support democracy in Venezuela

Leopoldo Martínez on how the international community can support negotiations in Venezuela

Colette Capriles on the role of Venezuelan civil society ahead of the regional elections

David Smolansky on how the opposition should approach the regional elections

May 2021 Venezuela Policy Bites: COVAX and Venezuela’s national vaccination plan

Members of the Atlantic Council’s Venezuela Working Group: Miguel Pizarro, presidential commissioner to the United Nations and humanitarian assistance, Interim Government of Venezuela; Leopoldo Martínez, founder and CEO, Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas; and former representative, Venezuela National Assembly; Carrie Filipetti, executive director, Vandenberg Coalition; and former deputy assistant secretary for Cuba and Venezuela, US Department of State; and Feliciano Reyna, founder and executive president, Acción Solidaria; provided policy bites on Venezuela’s national vaccination plan; and the role that the United States and the international community can play to strengthen capacities and access to vaccines in Venezuela.

Miguel Pizarro on building a national vaccination plan in Venezuela

Leopoldo Martínez on why and how the US should donate vaccines to Venezuela

Carrie Filipetti on the importance of US support for a national vaccination plan in Venezuela

Feliciano Reyna on how to implement a more effective national vaccination plan in Venezuela

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