On sabbatical from @TulaneSLA and @WOLA_org until September 2021. Clearing my head, learning stuff, and working on a book at the @KelloggInst, Notre Dame.
Apr 25, 2020 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
1) Thanks for the promotion, guys. Great opportunity to show what actual rights-based advocacy looks like.
So here's the theory of change that seems to be guiding the tightening of US sanctions on gasoline shipments. It will create enough frustration that the people will rise up and overthrow Maduro.
In other words, a population that could not over throw Maduro when they were impoverished and hungry, because they faced a government that was not impoverished and hungry, is now...
Apr 8, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
1) Ponemos de lado el tema humanitario por un momento y pensemos en términos políticos nada más.
2) Ya antes del brote de coronavirus, Juan Guaidó estaba en fuerte peligro de volverse irrelevante con el proceso de liberalización económica que era una realidad importante que la oposición ni reconocía en su discurso.
Feb 18, 2019 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
I'm going to put together some live tweets while watching Donald Trump's speech on #Venezuela. Interesting choice for introducing #Trump. Melania Trump speaks as an immigrant.
He says its "a new day in Latin America" not Venezuela, making clear that this is part of a regional strategy.
