Veneco Podcast

Veneco Podcast

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Veneco Podcast episodes

  • The LGBTI Movement, Rule of Law in Venezuela, and Unidos Por la Diginidad, with Tamara Adrián

    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

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    25 min
  • Blackouts, Oil Dependency, and the Shouting Country, with William Neuman

    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. 

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    41 min
  • Resisting Backsliding and Opposition Strategies in Colombia and Venezuela, with Laura Gamboa

    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

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    42 min
  • Grassroots Democracy, Participation, and State Violence in Venezuela, with Yoletty Bracho

    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.

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    41 min
  • Pax Bodegónica, Crypto, and Dollarization in Venezuela, with Antulio Rosales

    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. 

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    39 min
  • Authoritarianism, Crisis, and Post-Democracy, with Maria Isabel Puerta Riera

    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?

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    35 min
  • Feminism and Gender-Based Violence in Venezuela, with Xili Fernandez

    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 an editor and co-founder of Venezuelan Voices. 

    For more information on Linda Loaiza's story and the historic Inter-American Court of Human Rights' ruling, see: theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/10/i-was-sexually-abused-humiliated-beaten-legal-victory-great-balm-linda-loaiza.  

    Photo credit: Iván E. Reyes

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    33 min
  • Veneco Podcast: Episodio 7 - Luz Mely Reyes

    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.

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    28 min

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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…