Jorge Lazdo Cividanes (English, French and Spanish)
Part-time professor, School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Lazdo Cividanes' research interests focus on the comparative politics of Latin America, including populism, ideology and political violence.
Isaac Nahon-Serfaty (English, French and Spanish)
Full Professor, Department of Communication, Faculty of Arts
Professor Nahon-Serfaty can talk about this topic from a communication standpoint.
"Nicolas Maduro's regime is under pressure from the U.S. administration. We can assume the main objective of Trump's government is to promote regime change in Venezuela from within. But this goal remains elusive since the military is aligned with the Chavista regime. The population is being submitted to intimidation tactics through repression and arbitrary detentions and it is very unlikely the people will rebel against the regime, even if the economic situation is very difficult for most Venezuelans."
Salvador Herencia Carrasco (English, Spanish and Portuguese)
Part-Time Professor, Faculty of Law – Civil Law Section and Director, Human Rights Clinic of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC).
Professor Herencia's expertise includes International Law, Inter-American Human Rights System and International Criminal Law. He can speak to the illegality of the U.S.'s military actions, which has killed unarmed civilians (fishermen) in the crossfire.