🇻🇪 U.S. Reimposes Oil Sanctions on #Venezuela Following Electoral Concerns foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/02/oil…

🇻🇪 An insightful and honest assessment World Politics Review of the political situation in #Venezuela and how the opposition *might* bring an end to the dictatorship of Maduro. A transfer of power is unlikely to happen via simply a clean opposition election victory

worldpoliticsreview.com/venezuela-elec…

🇨🇴 La batalla por El Plateado, ‘la capital’ de la cocaína en el suroccidente de #Colombia es clave para romperle el espinazo al narcotráfico en el suroccidente del país.

La zona con más cultivos, laboratorios y rutas dada su cercanía al océano y Ecuador

eltiempo.com/justicia/confl…

🇻🇪 La oposición logra la unidad en #Venezuela

Es la mayor esperanza para derrotar a Nicolás Maduro elespectador.com/opinion/editor…

🇭🇹New #Haiti government sworn in during secret ceremony via ⁦The Guardian⁩ theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

FT ranking: The Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies 2024 via Financial Times

A surprise entry from Colombia 🇨🇴 in the top 40, even if 387 of the 500 fastest growing companies are US-based! on.ft.com/49n4yqQ

🇻🇪 El abecé del los inesperados “giros en u” de Maduro en #Venezuela

La oposición ha recibido con optimismo y desconfianza el cambio de tono de Maduro. Si bien hubo una sorpresiva apertura al proceso, los ataques persisten y hay muchas incógnitas

elespectador.com/mundo/america/…

🇪🇨 Fito still at large months after escaping from his prison in cell in #Ecuador

news.sky.com/story/where-is…

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro is increasing his crackdown on human rights and civil liberties ahead of July's presidential elections.

Nicolas Forsans of Essex Business School discusses this 'deeply corrupt, authoritarian and criminal state' in the The Conversation

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🇻🇪 South America Can’t Let #Venezuela ’s Regime Get Away With Murder. A great piece in World Politics Review

worldpoliticsreview.com/venezuela-chil…

🇦🇷 Las universidades salen a la calle en defensa de la educación pública y contra el brutal recorte presupuestario del Gobierno. Sus fondos son casi los mismos que en 2023, pero en un país con una inflación del 288% interanual, la reducción real es 70% elpais.com/argentina/2024…

🇪🇨 #Ecuador Noboa pone a prueba su popularidad con un referéndum tras la crisis con México
elpais.com/america/2024-0…

🇨🇴 #Colombia día cívico, o día de san petro?

elespectador.com/politica/petro…

🇨🇴 A great piece on Petro’s efforts reforming another of the armed groups frequently responsible for violence and assassinations in #Colombia — that is, the Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios, or #ESMAD

jacobin.com/2024/04/gustav…

A great post by my colleague Peter Bloom - certainly worth a read.

If companies question the value of a CEO, universities such as ⁦University of Essex⁩ should question the value of a VC - whether it needs one - and break free from the norm essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/202…