What just happened in Venezuela? 

Join us for a special virtual briefing with Amb. Charles Shapiro, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela (2002-2004), on the recent capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. troops in Caracas and what’s next for U.S.-Venezuela relations.

Co-moderated by Aaron Rosen, President & Founder of the World Affairs Council of Miami and Rickey Bevington, President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta.

Features special commentary on counter-narcotics by former U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica Luis Moreno, former U.S. Narcotics Affairs Director in Bogota, Colombia.

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Wednesday, January 7 | 12:00pm ET
Zoom Webinar

Featuring

Ambassador Charles Shapiro

Ambassador (ret.) Charles Shapiro is a senior advisor at the Pendleton Group, co-founder of Art of Diplomacy Tours, and a Professor of Practice at the Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech.

A career foreign service officer with 34 years of service, Shapiro held a number of senior positions at the United States Department of State including Ambassador to Venezuela, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere, and Coordinator for Cuban Affairs.

In 2011 Shapiro became the president of the Institute of the Americas, a think tank at the University of California San Diego. In 2014 he became president of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta. While at the World Affairs Council, he taught international business in the Executive MBA program at the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

Shapiro’s op-eds have been published in the Toronto Star, Efecto Cocuyo, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the Miami Herald, the San Diego Union Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times.
Ambassador Luis G. Moreno

Ambassador Moreno previously served as U.S. Narcotics Affairs Director in Bogota, Colombia and was instrumental in planning and implementing Plan Colombia (a U.S. foreign aid and military initiative aimed at supporting counter-narcotics in Colombia)

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