“The Biden administration and the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have agreed to a deal in which the U.S. would ease sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry and the authoritarian state would allow a competitive, internationally monitored presidential election next year, according to two people familiar with the breakthrough talks.” (via The Washington Post)
Diego Abente Brun is a professor of practice of international affairs and director of the M.A. in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program at the George Washington University. He is a scholar-practitioner with over 25 years of experience in positions of responsibility in government, international organizations, academia, and non-profit. Abente Brun’s research interests are the intersection of geopolitics and geo-economics and comparative democratization and his areas of expertise also include international relations of Latin America and governance. Abente Brun is following these developments and can discuss a number of topics related to this deal and its significance.
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