International Seminar
VENEZUELA TODAY
April 17-18, 2014
Sponsors: Princeton University
OPR – Office of Population Research
PIIRS – Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
PLAS – Latino American Program
Sociology Department
Co – Sponsor CDDA
Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas
Thursday April 17
8.15AM Welcome and Opening remarks
Magaly Sanchez R, OPR Princeton University
8.30AM – 9.15AM Keynote John Packer
Director Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa
Preventing Violence in Venezuela: Some Considerations for an Effective Dialogue
9.30AM – 10.30AM Economy, Oil Industry, and International Relations
Chair: Laura Rojas – CDDA
Francisco Monaldi – IESA, Harvard University
Venezuela: Oil and Politics in Booms and Busts
Jose Guerra – UCV
Government Intervention and Macroeconomic Policy in Venezuela
Jose Manuel Puente – IESA, Oxford University
The Venezuelan Economy after Chavez: The End of the Revolution?
10.45AM – 11.45AM Social Conditions Today, Growing Insecurity and Violence
Chair: Professor Eduardo Moncada – Rutgers University
Roberto Briceño Leon – UCV, Laboratorio de Violencia
Urban Violence and the Breakdown of the Social Pact in Venezuela
Eduardo Massieu – MPA Candidate, WWS Princeton University
The Revolution inside the Revolution? 2014 Venezuelan Student Movement Uprising
Veronica Zubillaga – USB, Brown University
Revolution and Violence: Understanding the Paradox of Bolivarian Venezuela
11.45AM – 12.30PM Q and A
12.30PM – 1.30PM Lunch
1.30PM – 2.30PM Academia, Science, Technology and International E-Migration of High Skills and Talent
Chair: Douglas Massey – Director of the Office of Population Research
Juan Carlos Navarro – Inter-American Development Bank
The Knowledge Economy and the Global Search for Talent: How Governments and Companies are Focused on Talent Acquisition, and What this Means for Latin America
Ivan de la Vega – USB, Venezuela
The Intellectual Capital Value in the Global Society of Knowledge: The Venezuelan Cas
Magaly Sanchez R – OPR, Princeton University
High Skills Educated Venezuelan Immigrants in United States
3.00PM – 4.00PM Politics, Control of Information, Authoritarianism and Military Presence
Chair: Luis Garcia Mora
Carlos Correa – UCAB, Venezuela
War of Words: Offensive to the Freedom of Information in Venezuela
Margarita Lopez Maya – UCV, Venezuela
Venezuela: The Political Crisis of Post Chavism
Rocio San Miguel – Control Ciudadano Venezuela
Venezuela: The Militar Bolivarian State: Where are We Going?
4.00PM – 4.45PM Q and A
7:30PM Speaker’s Dinner with Special Guests
Friday April 18
10.00AM – 12.00PM Private Session with Special Guest
Chair: Leopoldo Martinez – Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas
7.30 PM Closure Dinner