In a new series of policy briefs, the “Venezuela Desk,” the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program examines Venezuela’s flawed July 28 presidential election, the government’s response to post-election protests, 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 third report, “Venezuela’s Transition to Democracy, Still in Reach,” by Tamara Taraciuk Broner, the director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, discusses opportunities for negotiations even amid post-election violence and the importance of providing incentives, within the boundaries of the rule of law, to individuals who could facilitate a shift away from the repressive political system.
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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
