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Episode 6: Armed Conflict in Apure
In the sixth episode of The Venezuela Briefing, hosts Geoff Ramsey and Kristen Martinez-Gugerli interview military intelligence analyst Andrei Serbin Pont
Read More‘Responsible Statecraft’ Op-Ed: Biden Will Need to Take Venezuela Off the Back Burner
On April 6, the Quincy Institute’s Responsible Statecraft published my latest op-ed on the...
Read MoreVenezuelan and Colombian Groups Urge UN to Appoint Special Envoy to Border Crisis
On March 31, a group of over 60 Colombian and Venezuelan NGOs—and over 300 individual advocates...
Read MoreU.S. Seems to Signal 3 Ways for Maduro to Demonstrate Good Faith
Last week I spoke with Venezuelan journalist Vladimir Villegas on his streaming platform, Vladimir...
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Venezuela Weekly
Venezuela Weekly: COVAX Negotiations Progress Despite Obstruction from Maduro
After the Guaidó coalition and Maduro government agreed in February to expand the PAHO accord reached in June 2020 to cooperate for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, negotiations are still underway to facilitate the delivery of vaccines through the WHO-linked COVAX initiative.
Read MoreVenezuela Weekly: Venezuelans Displaced Amid Clashes with Armed Groups on Border
Over the last ten days 4,700 Venezuelans, according to the United Nations estimate, have fled across the border into Colombia as the Venezuelan armed forces carry out an offensive against Colombian guerrilla
Read MoreVenezuela Weekly: PAHO Accord Advances, But Hurdles Remain
Venezuela’s opposition has approved a measure to ask the U.S. government to unfreeze funding for a...
Read MoreVenezuela Weekly: Biden Announces TPS for Venezuelan Migrants in the U.S.
On Monday, March 8, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated Venezuela for Temporary...
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Venezuela Program
Geoff Ramsey
Director for Venezuela @GRamsey_LatAm
David Smilde
WOLA Senior Fellow and the Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations at Tulane University
@dsmilde