Crisis in Venezuela – World Affairs Council Talk by Russell Crandall

The crisis in Venezuela, U.S.-Mexican trade, Chinese influence in Africa, and post-Castro Cuba will all be explored in the fall 2018 World Affairs Council lectures at UNC Asheville. The lectures take place at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, in the Manheimer Room.

Sept. 11 – Crisis in Venezuela – Russell Crandall, Davidson College professor of Latin American studies will analyze affairs in Venezuela. The author of four books, Crandall also has worked for the U.S. Department of Defense, National Security Council and Joint Chiefs of Staff, and been a consultant for the World Bank, Andean Development Bank and the United Nations.

The lectures are sponsored by the WNC chapter of the World Affairs Council, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNC Asheville, and the university’s Department of Political Science.

Admission to World Affairs Council presentations at UNC Asheville is $10 for the public; free to members of the World Affairs Council and UNC Asheville students. For more information, visit OLLI’s website or call 828.251.6140.

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