PodcastWhat Can Venezuela Teach Us About Democracy?
Here’s what she said:
Democracies deteriorate very rapidly, especially if citizens are not actively involved in its everyday functioning and maintenance.
A system that is democratic […] is at the end the most pragmatic and efficient system, even for those who would only want to see it from an economic perspective.
The intervention from President Trump in early January finally opens an opportunity for Venezuelans to move forward into a transition.
We are not seeing the economic benefits coming as fast as we would like and we need to have the electoral process to come and materialize as soon as possible.
The economic future of Venezuela needs to be diversified, which is something that we missed in the previous oil bonanzas.
I’m positive that [the diaspora] is going to be the key to the Venezuelan miracle in the future.
