In the sixth episode of The Venezuela Briefing, hosts Geoff Ramsey and Kristen Martinez-Gugerli interview military intelligence analyst Andrei Serbin Pont about the ongoing armed conflict between Venezuelan security forces and Colombian rebel groups in the border state of Apure. Andrei, who is the Director of regional think tank CRIES (Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales), provides insider knowledge on human rights violations being committed on the border, and the implications of the conflict for a future democratic transition in Venezuela.

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