Contributions from Eric Farnsworth
The Washington Post
"[Venezuela's President Maduro] seems to be clearing the decks for a presidential run in 2018, trying to reduce the stature and perhaps the freedom of anyone who might be a countervailing center of power," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.
Experts weighted in China's current geopolitical strategies in Latin America during a time of a new global context, given an inward-looking United States.
The Miami Herald
“The potential for massive corruption is huge and Venezuela has become a society that’s really overtaken by corruption,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in response to Venezuela's plans to launch a national crypto-currency.