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Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 September 2022

US sanctions have been a blunt instrument, but the threat of re-escalation comes at a moment of vulnerability for Venezuela. The US intervention could have counterproductive…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 June 2020

Mutual suspicion nevertheless remains, and US priorities in the region will be a complicating factor, particularly in an election year.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 April 2019

The political impasse continues in Venezuela, where social tensions are running high after a month of energy and water shortages. There have been protests but none threatening to…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 June 2019

His calls come amid a corruption scandal surrounding his efforts in February to encourage military defections and force humanitarian aid into Venezuela from Colombia. While the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 25 January 2021

However, the credibility of the campaign against President Nicolas Maduro’s government both within and outside Venezuela is undermined by the failure of Maduro’s critics to uphold…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 July 2019

While there is moderate optimism among European, Latin American and Caribbean countries about a negotiated solution to Venezuela’s crisis, the United States remains sceptical. The…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 June 2021

Optimism is building that there will be progress in dialogue efforts between President Nicolas Maduro's government and US-recognised ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido. The current…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 May 2020

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled President Nicolas Maduro to stabilise his domestic position. The government is leveraging humanitarian needs to bypass US…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 August 2023

After an initially haphazard response, there is now better planning around both immediate humanitarian need and permanent settlement, underpinned by donor financial and technical…

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