Veneco

Juan Escalante is a Venezuelan-American immigrant-rights advocate, digital strategist, and former DACA recipient. In this episode, Escalante traces his journey from growing up undocumented in the United States to becoming a leading voice in national debates on immigration, democracy, and diasporic civic engagement. Drawing on both lived experience and years of organizing, he explains what Temporar...

Latam@GW presenta esta serie de foros dedicados a analizar las implicaciones regionales de la reciente intervención de los EE. UU. en Venezuela. ¿Qué nos dice este episodio sobre el estado de la democracia, la diplomacia regional, el multilateralismo y el futuro de América Latina? La intervención en Venezuela se lleva a cabo en medio de un contexto regional marcado por múltiples crisis simultáneas...

Atenea Jiménez Lemón is a Venezuelan sociologist and founder of the communal network Red Nacional de Comuneras y Comuneros and of the Universidad Campesina de Venezuela Argimiro Gabaldón , the world's first communal university. A long-time grassroots organizer and political analyst, she is a member of the Alianza por la Soberanía y la Democracia (Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy, ASD) a...

Our guest is Gabriel Hetland, sociologist and associate professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino/Latina Studies at the University at Albany SUNY. He is the author of Democracy on the Ground: Local Politics in Latin America’s Left Turn. Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Music by Amasonic Vibes & Simón Díaz Ema...

Our guest is Raylí Luján, Venezuelan journalist and columnist for La Vida de Nos , as well as the recipient of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2018 South American Journalism Award. Photo credit: EFE - Ronald Pena R Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Music by Amasonic Vibes & Simón Díaz Email us at inf...

Our guest is Dr. Orçun Selçuk, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Luther College and the author of the new book The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization , a comparative analysis centered on how populist leaders in Venezuela, Ecuador, and Turkey leverage propaganda and emotional appeals to deepen societal divides, and the strategies opposition movements employ to co...

Our guest is Dr. Nadia Mosquera Muriel, Assistant Professor of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she specializes in Afro-Latin American social movements, particularly in Venezuela and Colombia. Her upcoming book is Building Blackness: Culture and Resistance in the Afterlives of the Plantation in Venezuela . Photo credit: Nadia...

Our guest is Phil Gunson, journalist, consultant, and senior analyst for the Andes at the International Crisis Group. He joins us to discuss the July 28 presidential elections, the possibilities of international mediation, and the future of Chavismo. Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Music by Amasonic Vibes & Simón Día...

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 largo del espectro polít...

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. You can follow UPD...

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.  Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Music by Amasonic Vibes & Simón Díaz Email us at info@venecopodcast.com For more information v...

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.  Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Music by Amasonic Vibes & Simón Díaz Email us at inf...

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 Vergara / Associated...

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. Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Music by Amasonic Vibes & Simón Díaz Email us at info@venecopodcast.com F...

Episode 11: Our guest is Carlos José Faillace Carreño, Venezuelan urbanist, intellectual omnivore, and preventive pessimist.  Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Music by Amasonic Vibes & Simón Díaz Email us at info@venecopodcast.com 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. Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Music by Amasonic Vibes & Simón Dí...

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? Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at...

Jun 1, 2019 — Episode 6 - Border Edition: Our guests are Aragorn Storm Miller, professor at Central Texas College and author of Precarious Paths to Freedom: The United States, Venezuela, and the Latin American Cold War; and Robert A. Karl, assistant professor of History at Princeton University and the author of Forgotten Peace: Reform, Violence, and the making of contemporary Colombia Send us Fan...

Jul 3, 2020 — Episodio 7: Nuestra invitada es Luz Mely Reyes, periodista, analista política, directora y cofundadora de Efecto Cocuyo. Galardonada Premio Internacional a la Libertad de Prensa del Comité para la Protección de Periodistas (CPJ), Premio Gabriel García Márquez de Periodismo 2018, y Premio WOLA de Derechos Humanos. Su más reciente proyecto es Venezuela Migrante Send us Fan Mail Contact...

Jul 11, 2020 — 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...

Sep 26, 2017 — Episode 2: Our guest is Alejandro Velasco, associate professor of Latin American History at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study and Executive Director at North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). His book is Barrio Rising: Urban popular politics and the making of Modern Venezuela Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @veneco...

Feb 5, 2018 — Episode 3: Our guest is Clifton Ross, acclaimed writer, director, producer, poet, and co-author of “Until the Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social Movements”. He has been reporting on Latin American revolutionary and social movements since 1982. His new documentary film is “In the Shadow of the Revolution." Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @ven...

Apr 25, 2018 — Episodio 4: Nuestra invitada en esta edición en Español es Margarita López Maya, historiadora y profesora titular jubilada del Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo (CENDES) de la Universidad Central de Venezuela. Fue directora de la Revista Venezolana de Economía y Ciencias Sociales y presidenta de la Sección de Estudios Venezolanistas del Latin American Studies Association. Su más rec...

Aug 6, 2018 — Episode 5: Our guest is Jennifer McCoy, professor of political science at Georgia State University, conflict analyst, international mediator, and former director of the Carter Center’s Americas program. Her latest book co-authored by Francisco Diez is International Mediation in Venezuela Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @jua...

Sep 7, 2017 — Episode 1: Our guest is Javier Corrales, professor of Political Science at Amherst College and co-author of Dragon in the Tropics: The Life and Legacy of Hugo Chávez Send us Fan Mail Contact Veneco Podcast Follow us on X at @venecopodcast Follow Juan on X at @juanandresmisle Music by Amasonic Vibes & Simón Díaz Email us at info@venecopodcast.com For more information visit http://...