Source: Chatham House –
Chatham House fellow gives evidence on Venezuela to UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
News release
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Dr Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, provided evidence on 3 February.
Senior Research Fellow Dr Christopher Sabatini provided evidence to a session of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee on 3 February.
Dr Sabatini was invited to provide evidence due to his expertise on Venezuela and US policy towards the country. During his appearance he discussed repression and electoral fraud under Venezuela’s deposed President Nicolás Maduro; US claims of narcotics trafficking by his government; the subsequent attack on Venezuela and removal of Maduro and his wife; and the response of the Venezuelan people and the wider region.
Dr Sabatini also discussed US objectives in the country now regarding democracy, economic recovery and the oil industry, and the relation of the Trump administration’s actions to domestic US politics.