Panel: Understanding the Venezuela Crisis

Description

How should we understand the political crisis unfolding in Venezuela? What are its historical contours, its legal consequences, and its implications for democracy? What role do the U.S. and other countries play, and how should scholars weigh the domestic and international aspects? This panel will address these questions and more.

Featuring:

• Alejandro Velasco, History, New York University
• Maximiliano Vejares, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
• Geoff Ramsey, Washington Office on Latin America
• Moderated by Christy Thornton, Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
• Discussion by Alessandro Angelini, Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University

This event is sponsored by the Latin America in a Globalizing World Initiative and the Latin American Studies Program.