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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“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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“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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The President and Research Director of the CIC and Canada’s former ambassador to Venezuela was recently featured in the news coverage in the latest developments of increased global tensions with Venezuela.
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Entrevue avec l’ancien ambassadeur du Canada au Venezuela, Ben Rowswell
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“This is not about the US. This is a story about Venezuela, Venezuelans have been taking to the streets time after time under Maduro because they want to be able to choose their government”, Ben Rowswell on Power & Politics
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As protests turn violent, former Canadian ambassador Ben Rowswell is ‘appealing for calm’
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CIC President Ben Rowswell was interviewed on CBC News about the tensions between Canada and Venezuela.
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Ben Rowswell, Canada’s ambassador to Venezuela when the country’s democratic wheels came off, gives Chrystia Freeland credit for the directness of her approach. She was “one of the first world leaders to call a spade a spade in Venezuela.”
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Interview with Ben Rowswell about Global Affairs Canada report on Venezuela.
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