Rapid Response Roundtable: Venezuela’s Election
September 12th, 2024 12:00PM -1:00PM
Join the World Affairs Council on Thursday, September 12 at 12 pm for a virtual conversation on Venezuela's recent election and the allegations surrounding Nicolás Maduro's purported "victory". What's next for the opposition leaders and what's next for Venezuelans? We will be joined by Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, and Caesar Kalinowski of Davis Wright Tremaine to facilitate the discussion.
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About Our Speaker
Tamara Taraciuk Broner is the director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue.
Before joining the Dialogue, Taraciuk Broner was the acting Americas director at Human Rights Watch. She has carried out extensive field research throughout Latin America documenting human rights violations and she has conducted cutting edge research on policies and practices that undermine democracy, including threats to judicial independence, attacks on free speech, discrimination, and harassment of civil society organizations.
Taraciuk Broner brings a proven record of developing ambitious projects to address critical rule of law issues. She has led strategic advocacy efforts to promote policy changes to strengthen rights protection and democracy in the region, including by building strong partnerships with public officials, civil society leaders, policymakers, and subject-matter experts. Taraciuk Broner has published widely in leading newspapers in the United States, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Miami Herald, as well as in Latin America and Europe.
Prior to her time at Human Rights Watch, Taraciuk Broner worked on a regional citizen security project at the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center. She also worked at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States.
Taraciuk Broner was born in Venezuela and grew up in Argentina. She studied law at Torcuato Di Tella University. She holds a post-graduate diploma on human rights and transitional justice from the University of Chile and a Master’s degree in Law (LLM) from Columbia Law School.
About Our Moderator
Caesar Kalinowski IV takes an expansive view of his clients' First Amendment and intellectual property rights, regularly defending lawsuits targeting expression, religious practice, and fair use of artistic material. Drawing on his background in global special operations and intelligence collection, Caesar loves working in small teams under demanding circumstances to push back on government overreach. Caesar also regularly litigates issues related to press freedoms and fair reporting on matters of public concern, in addition to championing First Amendment and Section 230 protections for social media platforms and technology providers.