Political scientist. Professor at the Centre for Development and Environment at the Univ. of Oslo. Chair of the board of the Nordic Institute for Latin American Studies of the Unif. of Stockholm. She specializes in elite issues and political economy.
The Nordic countries can play a key role in the rapprochement between Europe and Latin America since they do not have a direct "colonial burden" and the "Nordic model" is widely well-liked in Latin American society.
Venezuela has been subject to severe sanctions from the United States and the European Union. The hope was that economic pressure on Nicolas Maduro's authoritarian regime would force democratic elections and changes in governance. That did not happen.
In the international media, the Venezuelan government is still often referred to with the prefix ‘socialist’. Inside the country, a disorderly deregulation process is...
