Venezuela’s Turbulent Transition toward a Post - Chavez Era in 2013




Frontier Strategy Group - Emerging Markets Insights show

Summary: Listen as FSG's Senior Analyst for LATAM, Antonio Martinez, explains how President Chavez's deteriorating health will impact Venezuela in 2013. Given that the Venezuelan constitution requires emergency elections if the President is incapacitated, political calculations may trump economic necessity, delaying a devaluation and setting up a sharper deterioration of the economy in 2013 and beyond.