By Juan Andrés Misle
Veneco Podcast – Venezuelan Democracy & Social Movements is a podcast by Juan Andrés Misle. Through a series of interviews to experts in the field of Venezuelan democracy and social movements—a
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The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.
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 counter these.
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 Mosquera Muriel. March commemorating the abolition of slavery (Caracas, Venezuela, March 24, 2015)
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.
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 político para crear una visión sobre el futuro de los movimientos sociales en Venezuela y poder debatir distintas perspectivas sobre teorías del cambio. Contó con la participación de:
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 on Twitter @TodesDignidad
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.
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.
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 Press
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.
Episode 11: Our guest is Carlos José Faillace Carreño, Venezuelan urbanist, intellectual omnivore, and preventive pessimist.
The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.