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The Venezuela Working Group

The Venezuela Working Group (VWG) is a high-level group that informs policymakers in the United States, Europe, and Latin America on how to advance a long-term vision and action-oriented policies to foster democratic stability in Venezuela. The Venezuela Working Group seeks to promote the restoration of democratic institutions in Venezuela.

VWG members draw from their diverse backgrounds, global networks, and deep expertise to tackle the most challenging issues around Venezuela policy, both at the domestic and international levels. Priority issues for the VWG’s 2021 work include: supporting Venezuela’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts; assessing risks and opportunities around upcoming regional elections; and exploring non-traditional mechanisms for effectively mitigating Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis.

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Mar 5, 2014

Marczak: Region is “Silent” on Venezuela

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak is quoted by McClatchy on the international community’s response to anti-government demonstrations Venezuela:

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In the News

Feb 28, 2014

Salcedo: Andres Bello and Venezuela’s Future

By Victor Salcedo

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Intern Victor Salcedo writes for the Huffington Post on protests in Venezuela:

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In the News

Feb 27, 2014

Schechter on Venezuela: “This Can’t Go On”

By Peter Schechter

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter talks about protests in Venezuela with BBC World News America:

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LatAmSource

Feb 20, 2014

Andrés Bello and Protests: What this Means for Venezuela’s Future

By Victor Salcedo

Andrés Bello, eighteenth century Venezuelan philosopher and Simón Bolívar’s teacher, said that “only the unity of the people and the solidarity of its leaders guarantee the greatness of nations.” This is a quote that should be remembered in today’s Venezuela, where the country is divided and on the slow, painful path of irreversible implosion without […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 19, 2014

Venezuela Must Avoid More Violence Over Protests

By New Atlanticist

The United States and its allies should press Venezuela’s government to avoid further violence following the street protests in which five people have been reported killed, the Atlantic Council’s Jason Marczak says. President Nicolas Maduro has seen three weeks of demonstrations intensify following his government’s arrest Tuesday of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. “The protests in […]

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LatAmSource

Jan 23, 2014

Violence in Venezuela: Marczak on VOA

Deputy Director Jason Marczak appeared on VOA to discuss the recent increase in violence in Venezuela. Marczak identifies the relationship between economic turmoil, institutional instability, and the people’s need to seek violent solutions to the plagues of injustice and shortages of basic goods.

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LatAmSource

Dec 12, 2013

Marczak on Venezuelan Election Results

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Question: What do the results suggest about the level of support for the president, the opposition and where the country may be headed? Is a big change likely to come about in Venezuela in 2014? Chavismo may have won the popular vote in the December 8 municipal elections, but the opposition can rightly claim its […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

LatAmSource

Dec 6, 2013

Arsht Center Experts on Upcoming Venezuela Elections

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

This Sunday, December 8, Venezuelans go to the polls to vote in municipal elections that are the government’s first test at the ballot box of the eight months since Nicolás Maduro was elected president. Just over 330 mayoral offices will be at stake; of these, the opposition currently controls just seventy. The Atlantic Council’s experts […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

LatAmSource

Nov 19, 2013

More Uncertainty Ahead of Venezuela’s Municipal Elections

By Jason Marczak and Peter Schechter

Where is Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro taking his country? Clearly, it is radicalizing further and faster than under his predecessor, Hugo Chávez. Exactly one month before the December 8 municipal elections, Maduro announced the “occupation” of the Daka chain of electronics stores and security forces proceeded to arrest several executives. A few days later he […]

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LatAmSource

Nov 12, 2013

Spotlight Venezuela

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

In the first installment of our Spotlight series, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center explores three scenarios of how the increasingly volatile situation in Venezuela may unfold. This is a particularly critical moment as the country heads toward municipal elections on December 8 with President Nicolás Maduro recently being granted emergency decree powers […]

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