 MEDIA ALERT: Death of Iconic Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez
After 14 years in office, the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, died at age 58 on March 5. According to the Venezuelan constitution, there should be an election held within the next 30 days to decide who will succeed Chávez. (Sources: ABC, New York Times, USA Today)
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Markus Schultze-Kraft heads and manages the Latin America and Caribbean program for the International Crisis Group. He is the former coordinator of the Observation Unit in the Colombia office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Contact:Â markus.sk@theglobalexperts.org
Location: New York
Languages: English, Spanish
Dr. Frances Negrón-Muntaner is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and scholar. She is the director of Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race.
Contact:Â frances.negronmuntaner@theglobalexperts.org
Location: New York
Languages: English, Spanish
John Marks is the president and founder of Search for Common Ground, a non-profit conflict resolution NGO with offices in 18 countries. He also founded and heads Common Ground Productions.
Contact:m.javedanfar@theglobalexperts.org
Location:Washington D.C.
Language: English
Michele Wucker is Executive Director of the World Policy Institute, a nonpartisan center for progressive global policy research and thought leadership which publishes the widely cited and highly respected quarterly magazine, World Policy Journal. She is a specialist on Latin American and Caribbean politics, particularly in Haiti, Argentina and the Dominican Republic.
Contact:michele.wucker@theglobalexperts.org
Location: New York
Languages: English, Spanish
William Powers hails from Long Island, NY and has worked for over a decade in development aid and conservation in Latin America, Africa, Washington, D.C., and Native North America. He is currently based in New York City, and is a freelance writer, speaker, and senior fellow at the the World Policy Institute.
Contact:Â william.powers@theglobalexperts.org
Location: New York
Languages: English, Spanish, German
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