In a new series of policy briefs, the “Venezuela Desk,” the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program examines Venezuela’s presidential election, the prospects for a democratic transition, and opportunities for the United States and other international actors to help rebuild the country's democratic institutions.
The second report, “Should the United States Prioritize Energy Security in its Venezuela Policy?,” by Francisco Monaldi, the director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, discusses the influence, and limits, of US sanctions policy on Venezuela’s oil sector and the need for broader structural changes to return the industry to its prior glory.
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Francisco Monaldi
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
