“Venezuela post January 3: Implications for Venezuela, the United States, and Latin America”
April 16, 2026, from 12:30 – 2 p.m.
West AB Conference Room, Campus Center
Lunch will be served.
RSVP recommended. See the form below to register.
Brian R. Naranjo spent 32 years in the U.S. diplomatic corps before retiring in September 2024. He served most of his career in the U.S. Foreign Service in the Western Hemisphere, and his engagement with Venezuela spans nearly the full arc of its domestic decline. He began his first post in 1997-1999 as a Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas and returned in 2014 as Deputy Chief of Mission until President Nicolás Maduro declared him persona non grata and expelled him from the country in 2018. Beyond Venezuela, Mr. Naranjo held a series of high-level positions across the national security establishment, including at the White House, the United Nations, and the Department of State in Washington, DC, and he held the senior-most Political Officer positions in Canada and Mexico. He also served in Ukraine and Panama. Since retiring from the Foreign Service, Mr. Naranjo is an independent strategic consultant and a frequent media commentator on Venezuela and broader Hemispheric affairs. He lives in St. Michael’s, MD as “the only non-Venezuelan” among his wife, daughter, in-laws, and cat.
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