[ICSS 20250202] Maduro Assumes a Third Term: Prospects & Problematics for Venezuela

Forecasts are favorable for Venezuela’s quarter-century-old Bolivarian Revolution. Initiated by Hugo Chávez and seamlessly carried forward by Nicolás Maduro, it is threatened by an increasingly aggressive Yankee hegemon. Venezuela’s regional role will be pivotal with key left-leaning presidents in Brazil and Colombia up for reelection in the next two years. Our speaker, Roger D. Harris, accompanied the January 10 presidential election in Venezuela and the concurrent antifascist conference. He will report back on what happened there as well as on Washington’s campaign to delegitimize the country’s Bolivarian Revolution with the ultimate aim of regime change. Roger is on the executive committee of the US Peace Council. He is active with the anti-imperialist human rights group Task Force on the Americas, the SanctionsKill Campaign against unilateral coercive measures, is a founding member of the Venezuela Solidarity Network, and is on the secretariat of the US Peace Council. He is also on the ICSS program committee. Some of the recent articles by or co-authored by Roger on Venezuela and Latin America: Maduro Assumes a Third Term: Prospects and Problematics for Venezuela https://orinocotribune.com/venezuelan-president-maduro-assumes-a-third-term-prospects-and-problematics/ Whether Biden or Trump, US’s Latin American Policy Will Still Be Contemptible https://www.pressenza.com/2025/01/whether-biden-or-trump-uss-latin-american-policy-will-still-be-contemptible-migration-drugs-and-tariffs/ US Media Promotes Military Intervention in Venezuela https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/28/us-media-promotes-military-intervention-in-venezuela/ US-backed Venezuelan Opposition Never Tried to Win the Presidency https://dissidentvoice.org/2024/11/us-backed-venezuelan-opposition-never-tried-to-win-the-presidency/ What Venezuelans Think about their Presidential Election https://popularresistance.org/what-venezuelans-think-about-their-presidential-election/ How the US Could Have Won the Venezuelan Election https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/08/26/how-the-us-could-have-won-the-venezuelan-election/