Virtual Panel – Organized Crime in Venezuela: Challenges and Perspectives for 2024 (ES)

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Livestreamed via YouTube and Facebook in Spanish – No registration required

The evolution of organized crime in Venezuela has reached extreme levels. The country is now a hybrid state, where the line between governance and criminality is barely perceptible.

President Nicolás Maduro has promised a presidential election in 2024. Ahead of the elections, we can expect a dramatic increase in cooperation between criminal networks and the state elements they support, working hand-in-hand to ensure the vote is anything but free and fair.

InSight Crime invites you to participate in the launch of the Spanish-language version of the Venezuelan Organized Crime Observatory (already available in English). We will be hosting a virtual panel of experts who will discuss the criminal scenarios and challenges facing the country in the year ahead.

Panelists:

• Jeremy McDermott – Co-director of InSight Crime
• Ligia Bolívar – General coordinator of Alerta Venezuela
• Angélica Durán-Martínez– Professor at the University of Massachusetts
• Roberto Briceño León – Sociologist and director of the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence (Observatorio Venezolano de la Violencia – OVV)

Moderator:

• Javier I. Mayorca – Journalist and editor at Crímenes Sin Castigo

Live Streaming on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InSightCrime
Live Streaming on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InSightCrimeEspanol