Venezuela Forum Searches For Answers To Country's Political, Economic Catastrophe
Venezuela Forum Searches For Answers To Country's Political, Economic Catastrophe
As the Maduro regime looks set to rewrite the country’s constitution, AS/COA hosted a Venezuela forum on how to confront this threat ahead of the July 16 referendum.
On Sunday, Venezuelans and Venezuelan expats will hold a vote that’s expected to send a strong message to President Nicolás Maduro: Don’t rewrite Venezuela’s constitution. In South Florida, the campaigning got under way on Thursday with a conference of Venezuelan voices in Coral Gables.
As anti-government protests rage on in Venezuela, the socialist regime looks set to rewrite the country’s 1999 charter Critics fear it will abolish the opposition-controlled National Assembly and give President Maduro Cuba-style dictatorial powers.
At the Hotel Colonnade, the New York-based Americas Society/Council of the Americas hosted a forum on how to confront that threat. Among the Venezuelans taking part was Juan Manuel Raffalli, a constitutional law professor at the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) in Caracas…
