Venezuela: Humanitarian Crisis and Perspectives for Change (Notre Dame)
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Given the seriousness of Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis, this workshop will address four main questions: What explains the country’s steep decline, from being one of Latin America’s richest countries, to its current economic and social collapse? What are the most feasible strategies to address the regional impact of Venezuela’s migration and humanitarian crisis? Is a change of regime foreseeable in the near future? Can this change be peaceful? A parallel panel on these topics will take place the prior day at the Washington Office of the Keough School for Global Affairs.
Presenters
Michael Coppedge, Professor of Political Science and Kellogg Faculty Fellow
Javier Corrales, Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science, Amherst College
Magdalena López, Adjunct Associate Professional Specialist, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Bernardo Pulido Marquez, Doctor of Juridical Science candidate and Kellogg Institute PhD Fellow
Margarita López Maya, Senior Professor, Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo, Central University of Venezuela, and former Kellogg Visiting Fellow
Francisco Monaldi, Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs
David Smilde, Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations, Tulane University; Senior Fellow, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA); and former Kellogg Visiting Fellow
Guillermo Trejo, Associate Professor of Political Science, Kellogg Faculty Fellow
Ernesto Verdeja, Associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies
Leonardo Vivas, Lecturer on International Politics, Emerson College, and Consultant, Freedom House
Verónica Zubillaga, Professor, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, and Kellogg Visiting Fellow
SCHEDULE
Friday, April 26
9:00: Opening comments: Paolo Carozza
9:10-10:30 - Panel 1: Political Perspective
• 9:10-9:30 - Michael Coppedge
• 9:30-9:50 - Margarita López Maya
• 9:50-10: 30 - Questions
Coffee-break (20 minutes)
10:50-12:10 - Panel 2: Key issues: Military and Oil
• 10:50-11:10 - Javier Corrales
• 11:10-11:30 - Francisco Monaldi
• 11:30-12: 10 - Questions
12:10-2:00 - Lunch Dialogue - Venezuela in Turmoil: Stakes and Possible Outcomes
Javier Corrales; Margarita López Maya; Francisco Monaldi; David Smilde; Leonardo Vivas
Moderator: Verónica Zubillaga
2:00-3:40 - Panel 3: International and Regional Dimensions
• 2:00-2:20 - Magdalena López
• 2:20-2:40 - Leonardo Vivas
• 2:40-3:00 - David Smilde
• 3:00-3:40 - Questions
Coffee-Break (20 minutes)
4:00- 5:40 - Panel 4: State Violence and Transitional Justice
• 4:00- 4:20 - Verónica Zubillaga
• 4:20- 4:40 - Guillermo Trejo
• 4:40-5:00 - Ernesto Verdeja
• 5:00-5:40 - Questions
Saturday, April 27
10: 00-11:20 - Panel 5: Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Transitions
• 10:00-10:20 - Bernardo Pulido Márquez
• 10:20-10:40 - Aníbal Perez-Liñán
• 10:40-11:20 - Questions
12:00 - Lunch: Conclusions
Michael Coppedge
Michael Coppedge is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, where he is a faculty fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. His research interests include democratization and the quality of democracy; Latin American parties and party systems; Venezuelan politics; and comparative politics methodology. He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 1995...
Javier Corrales
Javier Corrales is the Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. His research focuses on democratization, presidential powers, democratic backsliding, ruling parties, the incumbent’s advantage, foreign policies, and sexuality. He has published extensively on Venezuela, Cuba, and Argentina...
Magdalena López
Magdalena Lopez is a visiting associate professor at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and a research fellow at the University Institute of Lisbon. She specializes in culture criticism and literature in the Hispanophone Caribbean and cultural exchange between Lusophone Africa and the Caribbean...
Margarita López-Maya
This profile was current as of 2023, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Kellogg Visiting Fellow Margarita López Maya is an historian and emeritus professor-researcher with the Center for Development Studies at Universidad Central de Venezuela (CENDES-UCV). Currently she also serves as president of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA)...
Francisco Monaldi
Francisco Monaldi is a fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, where he is also interim director of the Latin America Initiative. He is a leading scholar on the politics and economics of the oil industry and oil wealth management in Latin America and developing countries, and has consulted for numerous international institutions, governments, and companies...
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán is the director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and professor of political science and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame, where he holds a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Keough School of Global Affairs. He is a former Kellogg Institute distinguished research affiliate, visiting fellow, and dissertation year fellow...
David Smilde
This profile was current as of 2021, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. David Smilde is the Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations at Tulane University and a senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America, where he curates the blog Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights. His research focuses on religion, culture, and social and political conflict...
Guillermo Trejo
Guillermo Trejo is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, faculty fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and Director and Principal Investigator at the Notre Dame Violence and Transitional Justice Lab (V-TJLab). He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2012...
Ernesto Verdeja
Ernesto Verdeja is an Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Global Politics in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame. He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2010...
Leonardo Vivas
Sociologist Leonardo Vivas is a lecturer on international politics in Emerson College and a consultant for Freedom House. He was previously a lecturer on Latin America and courses on human rights and sustainable development in the Global and International Relations Program at the CPS in Northeastern University. Prior to this, he was director of the Latin America Program at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at HKS...