GIGA Roundtable
15/01/2026
12:00 noon (CET)
01:30 p.m. (CET)
The consequences of the US administration’s military intervention in Venezuela to capture former president Nicolás Maduro, and Trump’s pledge to “run” the country indefinitely via interim president Delcy Rodríguez while the US secures the country’s oil resources, are reverberating regionally and globally. This roundtable brings together GIGA experts on Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East to discuss these events, their drivers, as well as their worldwide implications.
The event will start with a brief introduction by Venezuela expert Jesús Renzullo, then followed by comments from region experts. It will be moderated by Merike Blofield, with questions and comments welcome from all attendees.
Commentators: Jesús Renzullo is a Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Latin America Studies.
Prof. Dr. Merike Blofield is Director of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies.
Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz is Director of the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies and Editor of the GIGA Focus Middle East.
Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach is President (ad interim) of the GIGA.
Dr. Johannes Plagemann is Director of the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies and Editor of the GIGA Focus Global.
Dr. Christiane Fröhlich is Lead Research Fellow and Head of the Research Programme "Peace and Security".
Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann is a Lead Research Fellow at the GIGA and Editor of the GIGA Focus Latin America.
Prof. Dr. Christian von Soest is a Lead Research Fellow at the GIGA and Head of Policy Exchange and Berlin Office (tbc).
Attendance Registration is free of charge. Due to the limited number of places, we would ask you to register for this event by sending an email to: [email protected].
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Neuer Jungfernstieg 21, Hamburg
English
Registration required