Published Articles
“Venezuela: Will Maduro’s fixer Alex Saab, jailed in Miami, talk?” by Stephen Gibbs, The Sunday Times, October 23, 2021.
“Caribbean as a Zone of Peace,” Diplomacy Agenda, Caribbean Legislative Week, 22 June 2021
“What Will Come of Recent Gestures by Venezuela’s Maduro?,” Latin America Advisor, Inter-American Dialogue, 13 May 2021
“Why Has Venezuela Launched a Border Military Offensive?,” Latin America Advisor, Inter-American Dialogue, 12 April 2021
“Would Talks Help Solve Venezuela’s Political Crisis?,” Latin America Advisor, Inter-American Dialogue, 3 February 2021
“Venezuela power struggle impedes delivery of COVID vaccine,” ABC News, 22 January 2021
“What Do Venezuela & Iran Have to Gain from Each Other?,” Latin America Advisor, Inter-American Dialogue, 4 January 2021
“Venezuelan opposition envoy quits as anti-Maduro coalition frays,” The Financial Times, 30 November 2020
HARDTalk, Vanessa Neumann – BBC World News, 30 August 2020
Venezuelan prosecutor issues arrest warrants for opposition’s ad hoc central bank board, Reuters, 3 July 2020
HARDTalk, Vanessa Neumann – BBC World News, 8 May 2019
How Hezbollah evades sanctions in Venezuela and partakes in Maduro’s drug trade,” Al Arabiya News, 8 May 2019
“The Architect of Illegal Trade in Tobacco”. Yisra’el Eser, May 23rd, 2018.
“Consultora venezolano-americana de anticorrupción causa revuelo en Paraguay”. Caraota Digital, May 23rd, 2018.
“La triple frontera: un corredor libre para el tráfico y un refugio para Hezbolá”. El Observador, May 23rd, 2018.
“Marito tiene en sus manos cambiar el esquema paraguayo”. Ultima Hora, May 23rd, 2018.
“Investigar graves acusaciones del informe sobre la Triple Frontera”. Ultima Hora, May 23rd, 2018.
“Controlan frontera, pero no pueden parar el contrabando”. Ultima Hora, May 23rd, 2018.
“Investigadora califica a Cartes como un capo del contrabando”. Ultima Hora, May 23rd, 2018.
“La Triple Frontera es un ambiente perfecto para carteles del crimen”. Ultima Hora, May 22nd, 2018.
“Mario Abdo tiene la oportunidad de cambiar lo que pasa”. Ultima Hora, May 22nd, 2018.
“Cartes, el arquitecto del tráfico de cigarrillos en la región”. Paraguay, May 22nd, 2018.
“Cartes es uno de los capos del contrabando de cigarrillo”. Ultima Hora, May 22nd, 2018.
“Tráfico de drogas, lavado de dinero y terrorismo: Así funciona Hezbollah en América Latina”. La Patilla, May 21st, 2018.
“Paraguay es el centro de gravedad en el comercio ilícito de la Triple Frontera”. Vanguardia, May 19th, 2018.
“Big money laundering ring uncovered”. Wochenblatt, May 18th, 2018.
“Report mentions Cartes smuggling as part of illicit”. RDN, May 18th, 2018.
“International report cites Horacio Cartes as the center smuggling”. Ultima Hora, May 18th, 2018.
“How Arab terrorist group in the Tri-Border Area are powerful people”. Hoy, May 17th, 2018.
“Un informe que asegura que Hezbollah está lavando dinero en la triple frontera”. Diario El Zonda, May 17th, 2018.
“Alert in US for a report that says that Hezbollah is laundering money in the Tri-Border Area”. Reddenoticias, May 17th, 2018.
“Alert in US for a report that says that Hezbollah is laundering money in the Tri-Border Area”. Infobae, May 16th, 2018.
“Hezbollah money laundering in Brazil”. Diario Do Nordeste, May 16th, 2018.
“Hezbollah, Latin America, money laundering – heightened US security risk”. Joins, May 16th, 2018.
“Hezbollah’s presence in Donald Trump’s backyard”. Al Arabiya, May 16th, 2018.
“US authorities claim that Hezbollah launder money in Brazil”. Exame, May 16th, 2018.
“US authorities claim that Hezbollah launder money in Brazil”. Jornal Do Comercio, May 16th, 2018.
“Iran-Backed Terrorists Infiltrate Latin America”. The Trumpet, May 16th, 2018.
“Entidades dos EUA afirmam que Hezbollah lava dinheiro no Brasil”. EM, May 15th, 2018.
“Rothfus Releases Statement on Golden Hydra Report “. Congressman Keith Rothfus Media Center, May 15th, 2018.
“Hezbollah Said to Be Laundering Money in South American Tri-Border Region”, The Wall Street Journal, May 15th, 2018.
“Celulares, cigarrillos y ropa, las estrellas del contrabando”. El Clarín, April 25th, 2018.
Contrabando cresce no Cone Sul e preocupa especialista. O Hoje, April 25th, 2018.
“Vanessa Neumann: TBA has a scheme to benefit”. Correio Braziliense, April 24th, 2018.
“Smuggling at the border is the reason to fight crime”. O Dia, April 23rd, 2018.
Blood Profits: How American Consumers Unwittingly Fund Terrorists, Macmillan Press, 5 December 2017
“The Venezuelan Regime Is Coming Apart: Maduro frees a dissident from prison, casting a light on fissures within the country’s Chavismo elite”. Wall Street Journal, July 11, 2017.
“Never Mind the Metrics: Disrupting Human Trafficking By Alternate Means,” Journal Of International Affairs, Spring 2015 (upcoming), Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
“The Global Convergence Of the Crime‐Terror Threat” in Orbis, Volume 57, Number 2, Spring 2013.
“Chávez Lives On?” in The Weekly Standard, 7 March 2013.
“Of Chinese Snakeheads and Mexican Coyotes: The Globalization of Crime‐Terror Pipelines,” The Foreign Policy Research Institute, August 2012.
“Radicalization of Diaspora Networks,” Stratagem (newsletter for the Asymmetric Operations Warfare Group), Volume 7, Issue 1, June 2012.
“Venezuela Heads Deeper into Militant Narcoterrorism,” The Foreign Policy Research Institute, January 2012.
“The New Nexus of Narcoterrorism: Hezbollah and Venezuela,” The Foreign Policy Research Institute, December 2011.
“Kidnappings in Venezuela,” The Foreign Policy Research Institute, November 2011
“Hugo Chávez’s Long Shadow: The Venezuelan dictator’s legacy of violence will outlast him,” The Weekly Standard, October 17, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 05.
“The Middle Eastern‐Latin American Terrorist Connection,” e‐note for The Foreign Policy Research Institute, May 2011.
“Lessons from Peru’s Presidential Elections: Arrested Development,” The Weekly Standard, April 8, 2011.
“Qaddafi’s Pal in Caracas,” The Weekly Standard and CBS News, March 14, 2010.
“Rousseff Wins Election in Brazil,” The Weekly Standard, November 4, 2010.
“The Death of Argentine President Néstor Kirchner and a Political Dynasty,” The Weekly Standard, November 1, 2010.
“Hugo Chávez’s Military Buildup and Iranian Ties,” The Weekly Standard, October 19, 2010.
“Hugo Chávez and the Venezuelan Election,” The Weekly Standard, October 14, 2010.
“The Rise of Latin America,” Diplomat, September 2010.
“A Fortune Underfoot,” The Weekly Standard, August 23, 2010, Vo. 15, No. 46.
“Colombia’s Elections,” Diplomat, May 2010.
“A Peace Grows in Colombia,” The Weekly Standard, March 15, 2010, Vo. 15, No. 25.
“Not Noble, Not Savage,” Varsity, Cambridge University, 23 October 2009, p. 9.
“Chávez’s Thugs,” Counterpoint, Standpoint, September 2009.
“Colombia: A Nation Reborn,” Dispatches, Standpoint, June 2009.
“The Environment as the Centrepiece of Policymaking,” Diplomat, March 2009.
“’Rebel Angel’ Hugo Chávez Bedevils Venezuela,” The Sunday Times, 22 February 2009.
“No, Chávez is not the answer to Venezuela’s poverty and inequality,” The Guardian, 4 February 2009.
“Chávez’s secret fan club,” Dispatches, Standpoint, January 2009.
“Tide is turning against the red ‘dictator’ of Venezuela,” The Daily Telegraph, 19 November 2008.
“Indigenous Politics,” Diplomat, October 2008.
“Billionaires’ Club: How green is your greenback in the new age of eco- philanthropy?” Diplomat, September 2008.
“Colombia’s Strategies for Peace and Justice” for Flashpoints, a publication of The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2007.
“With or Without Government: Political Legitimacy, Procedural Justice and the Responsibility to Protect,” Philosophical Writings, No. 34, Spring 2007.
“Political Bullshit and the Stoic Story of Self” in Bullshit and Philosophy, edited by Gary Hardcastle and George Reid, Open Court Press, October 2006. Also featured in the book is a chapter by G.A. Cohen, Chiechele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford University.
Media Appearances
Bicentenario de la Batalla de Carabobo
Latin America Advisor: Vanessa Neumann on Venezuela’s Political Situation
Failed uprising: What happens next in Venezuela | Conflict Zone, 21 May 2019
30 April 2019 Newsnight with Vanessa Neumann: Venezuela Uprising
Dr. Vanessa Neumann on Al Jazeera 30 April 2019
US’s decision to stop buying Venezuelan oil was ‘important’: Asymmetrica CEO, on Fox Business, 30 January 2019
Brains, Balls, and Infrastructure, TEDx Bosque de Chapultepec
President of Asymmetrica Dr. Vanessa Neumann on Fox Business show “Varney’s & Co” on President Trump’s decision not to embargo Venezuelan oil and the findings of Asymmetrica’s Golden Hydra report
President of Asymmetrica Dr. Vanessa Neumann on Telefuturo discussing Asymmetrica’s report “The Many Criminal Heads of The Golden Hydra”
President of Asymmetrica Dr. Vanessa Neumann, discussing The Many Criminal Heads of The Golden Hydra report on Noticias PY
President of Asymmetrica Dr. Vanessa Neumann on La Lupa AM 1080 Radio Monumental discussing Asymmetrica’s report “The Many Criminal Heads of The Golden Hydra”
President of Asymmetrica Dr. Vanessa Neumann on Al Jazeera English discussing Venezuela’s presidential elections
President of Asymmetrica Dr. Vanessa Neumann on the Fox Business show “Making Money with Charles Payne”, discussing US Sanctions on Venezuela
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President and Founder of Asymmetrica Vanessa Neumann, discussing opening of Guatemala’s Embassy in Jerusalem on The John Fredericks Show
“The Many Criminal Heads of the Golden Hydra” report launch at the United States Congress. Washington D.C., May 15th, 2018.
Presidenta Dra. Vanessa Neumann en el programa de Voice of America “Foro Interamericano”, conversando sobre nuestro informe Hydra Dorada, a lanzar en el Capitolio del Congreso de los Estados Unidos
President Dr. Vanessa Neumann interviewed again on Al Jazeera English on the protests in Nicaragua against the presidency of Daniel Ortega
President Dr. Vanessa Neumann interviewed on Al Jazeera English on 23 April 2018, discussing the protests in Nicaragua and their similarities with those in Venezuela
Presidenta Dra. Vanessa Neumann entrevistada por el show de Voice de América Foro Interamericano, con 60 millones de televidentes hemisféricos, el 20 de abril del 2018, hablando de la reunión anunciad en Pres. Trump y el dictador Kim Jong Un
President Dr. Vanessa Neumann interviewed on Varney & Co. (Fox Business) on April 19, 2018, discussing the Cuba’s new president Díaz-Canel and the indictment for corruption of Venezuelan Pres. Nicolás Maduro
President Dr. Vanessa Neumann interviewed on Varney & Co. (Fox Business), discussing how Venezuelan Pres. Nicolás Maduro’s cousin is calling for humanitarian intervention in Venezuela
President Dr. Vanessa Neumann interviewed on Varney & Co. (Fox Business), discussing Pres. Trump’s statements at the UN General Assembly.
Dr. Vanessa Neumann and former Mayor Ramon Muchacho Interviewed on Foro Interamericano (VOA)
President Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed on Varney & Co. (Fox Business), discussing Marco Rubio assassination plot from Venezuela.
Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed on Fox Business, discussing the impact of US sanctions on Venezuela.
President Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed on Varney & Co. (Fox Business), discussing why Venezuela is on the brink of a civil war
Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed on Al Jazeera on Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly Vote
Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed on Varney & Co. (Fox Business), discussing how businesses should plan for the end of the Maduro regime in Venezuela.
Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed on Al Jazeera on Venezuela’s Deepening Crisis
Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed on Varney & Co. (Fox Business), discussing Venezuela’s economic collapse
Dr. Vanessa Neumann Discussing the Authorization to Use Force Against ISIS
Dr. Vanessa Neumann at the Mcdonald-Laurier Institue on Contraband Tobacco: Fighting an Illicit Trade
Dr. Vanessa Neumann at the Bard Global and International Affairs Program: “The Crime-Terror Nexus”
Dr. Vanessa Neumann at Rutgers University Division of Global Affairs Discussing: “Emerging Threats: Illicit Trade and the Funding of Terrorist Networks”
President Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed on Money (Fox Business), discussing post election violence in Venezuela
Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed on Al Jazeera on the Failing Health of Hugo Chávez
Dr. Vanessa Neumann Interviewed by NTN24 on Edward Snowden
Dr. Vanessa Neumann speaks on panel for Activate Conference on Global Citizenship