Influence in the country. Stephen thank you for being here today. Id like to start by saying i am from Mccarty Associates and will be presiding over todays meeting. Id like to in stephen thank you for being here today. Id like to start by saying i am from Mccarty Associates and will be presiding over todays meeting. Id like to introduce our panel. You got their full or partial bios in your packets, but Cynthia Arnson from the wilson center, the ambassador who has been in more countries than i can count including venezuela and colombia. And almost the first diplomat in history to be expelled twice from the same country, but didnt quite make it. I tried. And francisco rodriguez, who has a long career in economics. Id like to just start by asking a general question and ask each of you in the same order i presented you, your view on things. Venezuela, the situation has deteriorated dramatically and even longer. Where do you see the situation today . When might there be a transition, and wh
On Foreign Relations hosted the hourlong event, which covered regional security. Venezuelas oil reserves, u. S. Policy options, and irans influence in the country. Stephen thank you for being here today. Id like to start by saying i am from Mccarty Associates and will be presiding over todays meeting. Id like to introduce our panel. You got their full or partial bios in your packets, but Cynthia Arnson from the wilson center, the ambassador who has been in more countries than i can count including venezuela and colombia. We also have the former ambassador who has a long history in diplomacy. And almost the first diplomat in history to be expelled twice from the same country, but didnt quite make it. I tried. And francisco rodriguez, who has a long career in economics. Id like to just start by asking a general question and ask each of you in the same order i presented you, your view on things. Venezuela, the situation has deteriorated dramatically and even longer. Where do you see the s
And thank you for being here today. I amike to start by saying from Mccarty Associates and will paper was be presiding over todays meeting. Id like to introduce our panel. You got there full or partial bios in your packets, but cindy from the wilson center, the ambassador who has been in are in more countries than i can count including venice well yet and venezuela and colombia. Also have the former and basinger and has a long history in diplomacy. And almost the first person in history to be expelled twice, but didnt quite make it. And francisco rodriguez, who has a long career in economics. Id like to just start by asking a general question and ask each of you in the same order i presented you, your view on things. Venezuela, the situation has deteriorated dramatically and even longer. Where do you see the situation today . When might there be a transition, and what should we be doing to be helping venezuela return to stability and growth . Cindy . And try to keep it to five minutes
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