INTERVIEW – ISAIAS MEDINA – an international lawyer and former Venezuelan UN Diplomat

• BIO: Isaias Medina III, Edward S. Mason fellow MPA/MLD candidate at Harvard University, is an international lawyer, humanitarian activist, counter-terrorism expert, former Venezuelan UN Diplomat at the Security Council. He publicly resigned to protest Human Rights violations and denounced more than 20 top officials including Maduro to the ICC, serving as a witness to the OAS. He is a strong advocate of the International Anticorruption Court
• CHAOS IN VENEZUELA: Venezuela is facing an uncertain, potentially volatile, political future after President Trump on Wednesday announced the United States officially recognizes opposition leader Juan Guaidó, as the country’s interim president … Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro responded by cutting off relations with the U.S. and giving American diplomats 72 hours to exit the country. Violence flared up during big anti-government demonstrations across Venezuela, and at least seven protesters were reported killed in the escalating confrontation with Maduro, who has been condemned as a dictator by the U.S., Canada and many other Latin American countries. In a speech today, Maduro accused the U.S. of orchestrating a coup against him and said American diplomatic staff have 72 hours to leave Venezuela.