Elections Preview: Political Fallout From Venezuela’s Economic Crisis
When parliamentary elections do happen in Venezuela, they’ll occur in the context of an economic crisis that has weakened President Maduro and provided the opposition with momentum. In this edition of CONTEXT, Luis Vicente León provides insight into the nature of the problems and assesses the political fallout from the crisis in anticipation of the vote.
Luis Vicente León is an economist who serves as President of Datanálisis. He is a professor at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración. Additionally, he is a columnist for El Universal, Panorama, The Informer, The Time, The Carabobeño and Prodavinci.
Guest
Hosted By
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
