U.S. policy toward Colombia, Venezuela and Latin America

All week, New America Foundation Senior Fellow Andres Martinez discusses Hugo Chavez, recent economic developments in South and Central America and the state of U.S. relations in the region with Angelo Rivero Santos, the deputy chief of mission of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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