El Director Principal de Política de AS/COA, Christopher Sabatini, afirma que el liderazgo carismático del Presidente Hugo Chávez será difícil de replicar a pesar de que el vice-presidente Nicolás Maduro comparta su afinidad anti-imperialista.

AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth suggests President Hugo Chávez’s “outsized role in the region will change hemisphere politics” in a time when possible upheavals may complicate U.S. efforts.

AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini points out that despite Vice President Nicolás Maduro’s anti-U.S. rhetoric it would be difficult for him to uphold President Hugo Chávez’s charisma and symbolic legacy.

AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth points out that U.S. response to President Hugo Chávez’s passing “has to be nuanced as too much advocating a certain direction in Venezuela could backfire.”

AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth explains how by opposing the U.S. dictates over the region, President Hugo Chávez transformed the bilateral and regional relations.

AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini comments on Vice President Nicolás Maduro’s accusations of U.S. conspiracy against President Hugo Chávez as “a desperate government peddling in absurdities.”

Durante una presentación organizada por AS/COA, el ex-embajador canadiense Kenneth Taylor habla sobre posibles inexactitudes históricas en la película Argo.