i will turn it over to jeff ramsey, our senior fellow, monitoring -- moderating and introducing our speakersff: thanks, jason. and thank you for tuning in. a lot is happening in venezuela, a lot of questions remain unanswered. we at the atlantic council are doing everything we can to ensure the focus is on the will of the venezuelan people and the respect of their fundamental rights to choose their own leaders. give us a sense of what is the state of play inside venezuela, we have an incredible panel of experts inside and outside venezuela. we will hopefully be joined later. i will introduce each one as they speak and i will start with guillermo. thank you for joining us. he is a professor in political science at the university of caracas. he was a well-known member of the unitary platform commission and longtime researcher and expert on the venezuelan political crisis. a consistent voice for a democratic solution to the situation. thank you for being with us. our thoughts are with you and everyone in caracas. what can you tell us about the situation? you are on mute. guillermo: thank you, e

take a closer look with jeff ramsey. he's a senior fellow for him, and his will and columbia at the atlanta counseling in washington, dc. jessica, to see you that 1st of your reaction to how the selection ended up on folding. but thanks for helping me, you know, i, as in the fact that it's been over 12 hours since polls closed and authorities still haven't released a detailed precinct level. the accounts tells you everything you need to know about the election. it really seems like missouri has decided to condemn men as well as to another 6 years, a isolation and political conflict. where are those who start nicholas montero would allow a democratic process to now you or you know, i think the reality is this isn't over yet. material has to convince the ruling the lead. he has to convince his inner circle that he can keep things under control. but the problem for him is that this doesn't really seem credible. he's needs to give the impression to these in our circle that he's going to be able to continue the country down t

take a closer look with jeff ramsey. he's a senior fellow for venezuela and columbia at the atlantic counseling in washington, dc. jessica to see you that 1st of your reaction to how this election ended up on folding. but thanks for having me. you know, i think the fact that it's been over 12 hours since paul's 1st and authority still haven't released a detailed precinct level. the accounts tells you everything you need to know about the election. it really seems like maturer has decided to condemn men as well to another 6 years uh, installation and political conflict where those who start nicholas montero would allow a democratic process to now you've or you know, i, i think the reality is this isn't over yet. material has to convince the ruling elite he has to convince his inner circle that he can keep things under control. but the problem for him is that this doesn't really seem credible. he needs to give the impression to his inner circle that he's gonna be able to continue the country down the road of sanctions rele

let's take a closer look with jeff ramsey. he's a senior fellow for venezuela and columbia at the atlanta counseling in washington, dc. jessica to see you that 1st of your reaction to how this election ended up unfolding. but thanks for helping me, you know, i as in the fact that it's been over 12 hours since paul's 1st and authorities still haven't released a detailed precinct level. the accounts tells you everything you need to know about the election. it really seems like missouri has decided to condemn men as well to another 6 years, a isolation and political conflict. where are those who start? nicholas monroe would allow a democratic process to now you you know, i think the reality is this isn't over yet. um monroe has to convince the ruling the lead. he has to convince his inner circle that he can keep things under control . but the problem for him is that this doesn't really seem credible. he needs to give the impression to these in our circle that he's going to be able to continue the country down the road of sanction

take a closer look with jeff ramsey. he's a senior fellow for venezuela and columbia. the atlanta counselor in washington dc . jessica to see you that 1st of your reaction to how the selection ended up on folding. but thanks for having me. you know, i as in the fact that it's been over 12 hours since paul's 1st and authorities still haven't released a detailed precinct level. the accounts tells you everything you need to know about the election. it really seems like maturer has decided to condemn men as well to another 6 years uh, installation and political conflict. where are those whose thoughts nicholas montero would allow a democratic process to? now you you know, i think the reality is this isn't over yet. material has to convince the ruling lead, he has to convince his inner circle that he can keep things under control. but the problem for him is that this doesn't really seem credible. he needs to give the impression to his inner circle that he's going to be able to continue the country down the road of sanctions, relief and normalization and global reintegration

take a closer look with jeff ramsey. he's a senior fellow for venezuela and columbia. the atlanta counselor in washington dc . jessica to see you that 1st of your reaction to how the selection ended up on folding. but thanks for having me. you know, i think the fact that it's been over 12 hours since paul's 1st and authority still haven't released a detailed precinct level. the accounts tells you everything you need to know about the election. it really seems like maturer has decided to condemn men as well to another 6 years uh, installation and political conflict. where those who start nicholas monroe would allow a democratic process to now you you know, i think the reality is this isn't over yet. monroe has to convince the ruling elite he has to convince his inner circle that he can keep things under control. but the problem for him is that this doesn't really seem credible. he needs to give the impression to his inner circle that he's gonna be able to continue the country down the road of sanctions release and normalization and global reintegration. and he's just no

i'm going to turn over to jeff ramsey, our senior fellow for venezuela and colombia who will be moderatingcussion and introducing the speakers. over to you. >> thanks, jason and thank you all for tuning in. there's a lot happening on the ground in venezuela and a lot of questions that remain unanswered. here at the atlanta council we are doing everything we can to assure that the focus is on the will of the venezuelan people and the respect of the fundamental rights to choose their own leaders because that's what it's all about. to help give us a sense of what exactly is the state of play in venezuela, we've assembled an incredible panel of experts inside and outside venezuela. we have samantha schmidt, caleb who will be hopefully joining later. i will introduce each one as they speak and i will start. thank you so much for joining us today, the professor of political science at the metropolitan university and university of venezuela. he was a well-known member of the unitary platforms national primary commission as well as a long time researcher and expert on the venezuelan political cris

i'm going to turn over to jeff ramsey, our senior fellow for venezuela and colombia who will be moderating the discussion and introducing the speakers. over to you. >> thanks, jason and thank you all for tuning in. there's a lot happening on the ground in venezuela and a lot of questions that remain unanswered. here at the atlanta council we are doing everything we can to assure that the focus is on the will of the venezuelan people and the respect of the fundamental rights to choose their own leaders because that's what it's all about. to help give us a sense of what exactly is the state of play in venezuela, we've assembled an incredible panel of experts inside and outside venezuela. we have samantha schmidt, caleb who will be hopefully joining later. i will introduce each one as they speak and i will start. thank you so much for joining us today, the professor of political science at the metropolitan university and university of venezuela. he was a well-known member of the unitary platforms national primary commission as well as a long time researcher and expert on the venezuelan politi