Political violence has erupted in the wake of economic collapse and President Nicolas Maduro's decision to establish a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution. Opposition is mounting, but can it succeed?
Aug 30, 2017 & call for a mechanism to limit corrupt and repressive regimes' access to global capital markets.
Aug 15, 2017 calls on the Maduro government to make way for a fair and peaceful end to the country's crisis.
Aug 10, 2017 laments the international community's complacent response to a slow-motion coup in Latin America.
Jul 31, 2017 points out that the 40% contraction in GDP since 2013 actually understates the economy's decline.
Jul 25, 2017 warns that the government's planned constituent assembly election could aggravate civil disorder.
Jul 17, 2017 & explain why young people are leading the ongoing wave of protests against the Maduro government.
The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary in muted fashion, and not only because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With rising nationalism and the return of great-power rivalry threatening to paralyze the organization at the heart of the multilateral system, many are asking whether global cooperation has a future.
