
Specialist in Latin American macroeconomic policies, trade agreements, and financial markets.

The Peruvian Congress removed interim president Jeri and designated José María Balcázar as new leader, in a political crisis that left the country with four presidents in less than a year.

Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on January 5, 2026, before a federal court in New York to narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking charges, two days after being captured by US special forces in Caracas.