There are new headlines and opinions about Venezuela everyday as the geopolitical and economic conditions shift back and forth. A roundtable discussion about the past, present, and future of Venezuela with political theorist and scholar George Ciccariello-Maher, Bryn Mawr College Professor of Political Science Michael H. Allen, and Haverford College Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish Lina Martínez Hernández was held on campus. The discussion was organized by Claudia Ojeda Rexach '21 and Federico Perelmuter '21.

George Ciccariello-Maher is an organizer, writer, and political theorist. He has been Visiting Scholar at the Hemispheric Institute in New York and the Institute of Social Research at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He is the author of We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution and a frequent contributor to media outlets such as Al Jazeera, Fox News Live, CNN Español, Russia Today, National Public Radio, Telemundo, the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, and Brazil’s Gazeta do Povo and Correio Braziliense.