NCSU/TISS Energy and Security Initiative Event 

After Chavez: Oil, Venezuela, and the United States

Join us every month for a Monday discussion of energy and security.  The luncheon series will be led primarily by local scholars. Its goal is to foster interdisciplinary exploration of some of our most pressing challenges.  On April 15 Patrick Duddy, Duke University's Center for International Studies will discuss the elections which will just have taken place in Venezuela and the role played by oil in the relationship between the U.S. and the Latin American country.

Format:  Light Luncheon from 11:45am / Presentation from noon.  Discussion from 12:30 pm. Please let us know you are coming by the close of business day on the Friday before the event so that we can get an accurate luncheon count. 

The death of Venezuela's long time President Hugo Chavez , just months after his reelection to a new six year term, precipitated presidential elections.  The outcome of the elections will likely determine Venezuelans’ future for years to come.  Venezuelans are not the only ones interested. Despite years of antagonism, the United States remains Venezuela's largest market.  At the same time, even as he continued to trade with the United States, Chavez used his oil revenues to extend his influence and build a network of international partners to confront it.  In the final energy and security luncheon of academic year 2012-2013, Patrick Duddy, the last Senate confirmed U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, will discuss the recent election and the role played by oil in Venezuela's relationship with the United States.

 About the Speaker:  Patrick Duddy

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