Veneco Podcast

Este evento virtual se llevó a cabo el 3 de abril de 2023 patrocinado por el programa de estudios latinoamericanos y hemisféricos (LAHSP, por sus siglas en inglés) de the George Washington University, con el apoyo de la Sección de Estudios Venezolanos de LASA, LATAM@GW, y NACLA Report on the Americas. Este diálogo reúne a activistas, académicos y organizadores de base a lo l

Episode 16: Our guest is Tamara Adrián, Venezuelan human rights activist, lawyer, and member of Unidos Por la Dignidad (UPD), a social movement advocating for the rights of the LGBTI community in Venezuela. Tamara was elected to congress during the 2015 National Assembly elections in Venezuela, becoming one of the first transgender members of congress in the Western Hemisphere. Yo

Episode 15: Our guest is Omar Hammoud-Gallego, researcher and Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy at the London School of Economics, specializing in migration and refugee policies. Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Email us at [email protected] For more information visit http://venecopodcast.com

Episode 14: Our guest is William Neuman, journalist and author of "Things Are Never So Bad They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela." He was the New York Times' Andes Bureau Chief from 2012 to 2016. Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Email us at [email protected] For more information visit http://venecopodca

Episode 13: Our guest is Laura Gamboa, assistant professor at the University of Utah’s Political Science Department and the College of Social and Behavioral Science. Her upcoming book on opposition strategies in Colombia and Venezuela within contexts of erosion of democracy is Resisting Backsliding: Opposition Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy.Photo credit: Fernando Ver

Episode 12: Our guest is Yoletty Bracho, PhD candidate in Political Sciences at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 in France. Her research focuses on participatory public policies during the Chavista era in Venezuela. Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Email us at [email protected] For more information visit http://venecopodcast.com

Episode 11: Our guest is Carlos José Faillace Carreño, Venezuelan urbanist, intellectual omnivore, and preventive pessimist. Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Email us at [email protected] For more information visit http://venecopodcast.com

Episode 10: Our guest is Antulio Rosales, assistant professor of political science at the University of New Brunswick, and a researcher focused on natural resource extraction, energy and global development, with a focus on Venezuela and Latin America. Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Email us at [email protected] For more information visit

Episode 9: Our guest is Maria Isabel Puerta Riera, visiting professor of political science and international politics at Valencia College, and Secretary for the Latin American Studies Association's Venezuelan Studies section. Her new book is The Crisis of Democracy: on the Threshold of Post Democracy? Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Email

Episode 8: Our guest is Xili Fernandez, Venezuelan political scientist and feminist activist, with an extensive trajectory of humanitarian work in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. She is the editor and founder of Venezuelan Voices together with Simon Rodriguez. For more information on Linda Loaiza's story and the historic Inter-American Court of Human Rights' ruling s