[I did an interview with Ian Masters of Background Briefing today. Below is their blurb. (note: I’ve only studied Venezuela for 27 years!)]

We begin with the coup attempt underway in Venezuela against the Maduro government led by …

On April 18, the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor published a Q&A on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo four-day visit to Latin America and his calls for a political transition in Venezuela. In my response, I argue that the …

Increased questioning of the pressure-collapse theory of change has had little influence on the Trump Administration as it forges ahead. While many analysts suggest that a breakthrough in the Venezuela stalemate would require the U.S. to seek some sort of …

[This actually came out last month and we tweeted it then (see Spanish original here). But we would like put it on the blog and once again say how much we appreciate this manifestation of support. We do everything …

With most efforts at political change in Venezuela frustrated, attention has turned to Venezuela’s humanitarian emergency. On Wednesday, April 10, Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock briefed the U.N. Security Council. He stated that “there …

[This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary …

Today the International Contact Group is meeting in Quito, Ecuador. Eight European countries as well as Costa Rica, Uruguay and Chile, as well as the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community. Seven of the representatives will be the foreign ministers …

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gave a verbal report on Venezuela to the U.N. Human Rights Council. She asserted that government authorities had criminalized protest, that security forces had repressed protest and that they were helped in …

In the past month economist Francisco Rodriguez and political scientist Dorothy Kronick have each called for the creation of an “oil-for-food” or “oil-for-necessities” program to address the dramatic impact U.S. oil sanctions will have on the …

Last weekend I had the pleasure of catching up with the brilliant Jose De Bastos and Mariano de Alba, the producers of the Venezuela Global podcast, to assess the latest in Venezuela’s crisis. We talked about the U.S. response, …