The Trump Effect: What’s Next for Venezuela?

Panellists include:

Tom Long: Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies, author of Latin America Confronts the United States: Asymmetry and Influence (CUP, 2015).

Maryhen Jiméne: Research Associate at the Latin American Centre in Oxford, author of ‘Unpacking the world of opposition in Venezuela 1999–2023: the Who and the How’, in O’Malley, Eoin, Francesco Cavatorta, and Alexander Baturo, eds. Handbook on Opposition Politics

Annette Idler is Associate Professor in Global Security, Blavatnik School of Government, and Founding Director of the Global Security Programme at Oxford’s Pembroke College.  She is the author of Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia’s War (Oxford University Press, 2019)

Chair: David Doyle: Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, where he serves as Head of the Department.  Previously he was the Director of the Latin American Centre.

 

This event is part of a two-day seminar discussion on the impact of the US incursion in Venezuela on 3 January, jointly organised by the Latin American Centre, the Rothermere American Institute and the Department of Politics and International Relations in Oxford.  The panel discussion during the second day, ‘The Past, Present, and Future of the US and the Western Hemisphere’, will be held on 11 March, 5.00 pm, at the Rothermere American Institute, 1a South Parks Road.

Public Domain: Rodríguez presiding over her first Council of Ministers meeting at Miraflores Palace on 4 January 2026

Public Domain: Rodríguez presiding over her first Council of Ministers meeting at Miraflores Palace on 4 January 2026