CIC National Capital (Ottawa): Venezuela: The State of the Crisis and Canada’s Options (Webinar)
Featuring Yvon Grenier, Isaac Nihon-Serfaty, Jean Daudelin
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CIC Montreal: Venezuelan Caminantes: A Nation’s Quest for Survival
featuring Adriana Parra
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CIC Nipissing: Venezuela and the Global Solidarity of Democracies with Ben Rowswell
featuring Ben Rowswell
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CIC Montreal: The Crisis in Venezuela: A Discussion with the Venezuelan Ambassador to Canada
featuring Orlando Viera-Blanco,
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CIC Vancouver: How Democracy Dies: Lessons from Venezuela and the U.S.
Featuring Ben Rowswell
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CIC Victoria: How Democracy Dies
Featuring Ben Rowswell
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CIC Winnipeg: Venezuela and the Challenge Populism Presents to Canada
featuring Ben Rowswell
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CIC President Ben Rowswell speaks to Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
On February 21st 2o19, Ben Rowswell, President and Research Director of the Canadian International Council, provided testimony to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He explained how the embassy determined that a very large majority of Venezuelan citizens support the National Assembly in their dispute with the Maduro regime.
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The Hill Times: Trudeau ‘masterful’ at soft power, falling short on hard power, says ex-diplomat Rowswell
“Soft power, in international relations, means being able to convince other countries to line up behind international commitments or objectives in your interest”, said Ben Rowswell, the president of the Canadian International Council.
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CNN: Why China, Russia and Turkey are standing with Maduro—in the US’s backyard
“If Maduro is forced out, it will help those countries that believe that final political authority should rest with citizens, like most of Latin America, Canada and the US,” Ben Rowswell tells CNN.
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