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Ana Maria Diez

Ana Maria Diez

Venezuelan human rights lawyer and co-founder/President of Coalición por Venezuela, representing refugee-led organizations on UNHCR's advisory boards.

Sep 17, 2026

2:20
How did international institutions engage with displaced communities in developing their response efforts? And what could they have done differently?
2:29
Thank you so much, Sara and ODI, for hosting this conversation.
2:34
Well, what we witnessed following the two massive earthquakes that nearly destroyed two cities in the capital area of Venezuela is a micro-manifestation, if we can call it that way, to the global economy.
2:49
scope.
2:50
We've seen this global structure issues often in emergency context.
2:56
When the crisis hit and it's this high in hypertension on the ground, Very often we see the delivery of assistance is very well, goodwill assistance.
3:09
But very often we see the lack of resources on long term and also the capacity in the local ground being strengthened correctly.

14 MINS LATER

17:16
So how are these organizations building more democratic governance systems, systems that can give displaced people greater agency over response efforts that affect them?

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