Summary:

Venezuela has several records, not at all positive. To date, it has suffered the third largest hyperinflation in history and has the third worst drop in GDP in global economic history. Its more than 7.3 million emigrants are the highest flow in the world, it is almost 25% of the total population. Such a tragic performance seemed to have come to an end in 2022, with an economy growing in double digits. However, 2023 has brought, once again, a strong economic recession and a new fall in the popularity of the government, in the depths of its bases. With primary and presidential elections on the horizon, the government has opted for a heavy hand that has earned it countless complaints of human rights violations. In this context, there still seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. About the causes that led one of the richest countries in the world to bankruptcy and the possibilities of economic and democratic recovery, we will talk in detail in a presentation that will seek to be as informative as possible.

Manuel Sutherland. Foto: Sergio González

Speaker:

Manuel Sutherland is an Economist with a double mention in Planning-Budgeting and Banking-Finance from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). He is a specialist in Planning Instruments and Techniques at CENDES (Center for Development Studies).

This Open Lecture will take place at the Library of the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies and Zoom. 

To participate online, please register here 

Contact information:
Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies (NILAS)

The event is co-arranged by the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies (NILAS) and Civil Rights Defenders, with collaboration from the Centre for Development and the Environment at Oslo University.