Venezuela in Turmoil: Stakes and Possible Outcomes
Open to the public. Please submit any questions you have ahead of time here. Lunch is available beginning at 11:45 am, with the dialogue beginning at 12:10 pm.
Venezuela is in the midst of an existential crisis that poses serious challenges at the domestic, regional, and global levels for human rights, migration, trade, democracy, and geopolitics. In this lunch dialogue, five specialists on Venezuela from different disciplines will discuss the ramifications of this crisis with the audience.
Javier Corrales, Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science, Amherst College
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
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
Leonardo Vivas, Lecturer on International Politics, Emerson College, and Consultant, Freedom House
Moderator: Verónica Zubillaga, Professor, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, and Kellogg Visiting Fellow
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...
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...
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...
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...