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Once-Expelled U.S. Ambassador Shares Experience in Salt Lake City

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Patrick Duddy understands that country’s tumultuous relationship with the United States perhaps better than anyone, after having been expelled by President Hugo Chavez during the Bush Administration. Duddy, now a visiting senior lecturer at Duke University, was in Salt Lake City Wednesday to share his experiences with the Salt Lake Committee on Foreign Relations.

Patrick Duddy, Former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela

(KCPW News) Former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Patrick Duddy understands that country’s tumultuous relationship with the United States perhaps better than anyone, after having been expelled by President Hugo Chavez during the Bush Administration. Duddy, now a visiting senior lecturer at Duke University, was in Salt Lake City Wednesday to share his experiences with the Salt Lake Committee on Foreign Relations, where he discussed this question: will South America follow the government model of Venezuela or Brazil? KCPW’s Jeff Robinson asked him about the major differences between the two countries.

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