09
September 2024
Past Event
What’s Next for Maduro’s Criminal Hybrid State in Venezuela?

Event will also air live on this page.

 

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What’s Next for Maduro’s Criminal Hybrid State in Venezuela?

Past Event
Hudson Institute
September 09, 2024
Incumbent President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference on July 28, 2024, in Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, Venezuela. (Jesus Vargas via Getty Images)
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Incumbent President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference on July 28, 2024, in Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, Venezuela. (Jesus Vargas via Getty Images)
09
September 2024
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: [email protected]

Speakers:
nate_sibley
Nate Sibley

Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative

Maria Alejandra Marquez
Maria Alejandra Marquez

Founder, Venezuelan Asset Recovery Initiative (INRAV)

director of the Americas Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Ryan Berg

Director, Americas Program and Head, Future of Venezuela Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies

marshall_billingslea
Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

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Nicolas Maduro’s long struggle to strengthen his grip on power has created a criminal hybrid state in Venezuela. Kleptocratic patronage networks have plundered public assets, narcotrafficking has become a state enterprise, and the regime openly tolerates brutal criminal gangs in return for the gangs’ support. Now, Maduro’s refusal to concede defeat in Venezuela’s recent presidential election has plunged the country into a new spiral of political repression and economic crises.

Join Hudson for a discussion on how these crises will affect the evolution of Maduro’s criminal networks, the threat to regional security, and broader implications for the United States’ Venezuela policy, including how the US should dispose of the billions of dollars seized during criminal proceedings against members of Maduro’s inner circle.

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