Instituto Confucio 
“The problem in Venezuela is the lack of intermediaries”
Since last week, student and opposition-led protests against President Nicolas Maduro's government and ‘Chavismo’, and the confrontations between the government and the opposition in Venezuela have left three people dead and several others injured. The massive mobilization, which will most likely continue over the next weeks, has turned the eyes of other Latin American countries to Venezuela, and to the possible destabilization of this oil dealer country’s democracy due to the increasing violence. Ramiro Escobar, international and political analyst and professor at the Communications Department, shares his take on the Venezuelan crisis, and he outlines the possible responses from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur).
