On August 13, Juan Guaidó announced that the National Assembly (NA) has created an advisory committee to renegotiate the public debt. Who’s on the committee?

• Ricardo Villasmil, economist and engineer, member of the Central Bank’s ad hoc board of directors appointed by the NA in July; 
• Ricardo Haussman, economist, Inter-American Development Bank Governor for Venezuela nominated by Juan Guaidó and approved by the IDB Group in March;
• José Ignacio Fernández, lawyer, appointed Special Attorney of the Republic by the NA in February; 
• Alejandro Grisanti, economist, chair of PDVSA’s ad hoc board of directors named by the NA in May; 
• Deputies Omar Barboza and Andrés Eloy Camejo.

Following Juan Guaidó’s proposal, the NA also designated diplomatic representatives to Greece and Israel. The appointments are symptomatic of a broader tendency of institutions and public roles being split into two in recent years, according to allegiance or support of either maduro or the Opposition.