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Perspective with Alison Smith
The Venezuela Crisis – February 12, 2017
This week on Perspective: Venezuela in crisis. A look at the causes and costs of a country facing shortages of food, medicine and supplies, skyrocketing inflation, and high levels of violence. Alison speaks to Alexandra Ulmer, correspondent for Reuters in Venezuela about the situation on the ground in country. Nelson Dordelly Rosales, director of the sustainable development and human rights programme in the Faculty of Law at the University of Antwerp, talks to Alison about the state of affairs in Venezuela what influence Canada could have in addressing the crisis. Alison also speaks to Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization States, about the role the organization plays in Latin America and its attempts to tackle the ongoing crisis in Venezuela.