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Maduro’s Venezuela – hope for democracy and justice?
04.11.2024
12:15 - 13:15English
After 11 years as president, Nicolás Maduro claims victory in Venezuela's election this summer. But so does the opposition.
Photo: VOX Congreso Both Maduro and the opposition have claimed electoral victory. The Electoral Commission, appointed by Manduro’s government, has declined to make the results from the polling stations public. Meanwhile, the numbers gathered by the opposition have been verified by independent external organisations.
A number of countries, as well as the United Nations, have concluded that the electoral process did not meet basic democratic standards. Neither Norway, the US nor the EU have recognised the official election results.
According to the UN, 7.7 million Venezuelans have left the country since Maduro became president more than 11 years ago. The election was followed by violent public protests — two dozen people have been killed, hundreds have been injured and thousands have been detained.
Maduro is now starting his third six-year term as president. What can be expected from the Maduro administration?
We have invited Sonia Zapata (Norwegian Venezuelan Justice Alliance) and Leiv Marsteintredet (UiB) for a conversation with José Zurita-Tapia (UiB).
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Bergen GlobalJekteviksbakken 31, Bergen
04.11.2024
12:15 - 13:15
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Leiv Marsteintredet
Professor, UiBLeiv Marsteintredet researches political institutions, human rights, democracy and political crises in Latin America.
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José Zurita-Tapia
PhD Candidate, UiBJosé Zurita-Tapia researches pre-electoral coalitions in Latin America. Among his research interests are political parties, executive studies and executive-legislative relations.
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Lawyer and founder, the Norwegian Venezuelan Justice Alliance.
Sonia Zapata is an international lawyer with a Master of Laws Degree (LL.M) from the University of London, and a human rights, environmental rights and indigenous rights activist.
She is the founder and chair of The Norwegian Venezuelan Justice Alliance, a Norwegian organization campaigning for freedom, democracy and human rights in Venezuela, and the founder of Embajadores del Orinoco, an international platform advocating to stop illegal mining in the Venezuelan Amazon Rainforest and dennouncing the abuses againt indigenous communities living in that area.
Sonia is also the voice in Norway of the Venezuelan human rights organisation Foro Penal.
Leiv Marsteintredet
Professor, UiB
Leiv Marsteintredet researches political institutions, human rights, democracy and political crises in Latin America.
He is head of Department of Comparative Politics at UiB.
José Zurita-Tapia
PhD Candidate, UiB
José Zurita-Tapia researches pre-electoral coalitions in Latin America. Among his research interests are political parties, executive studies and executive-legislative relations.
He holds a BA in International Relations from USFQ, Ecuador and a MA in Comparative Politics from FLACSO, Ecuador. He is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Comparative Politics at UiB working on an Open Project Position.
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