A comprehensive documentation and analysis of the serious systematic violations of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Venezuela during 2023 was recently presented by the Venezuelan NGO Un Mundo Sin Moardaza Through a rigorous quantitative methodology, the organization compiled […]
Researcher Luis Pedro España explained that in basic occupations, women earn a little more than men, which means that the gender gap is not as high compared to previous years. He recalled that in 2022 the country was classified as […]
Red Global de la Diáspora de Venezuela and Plan País presented the results of the report Hablemos de la diáspora (Let’s talk about the diaspora), a study of the perspectives of Venezuelans living in the country or abroad. 98% of […]
Currently, illegal gold mining is the main threat to the rivers of the Venezuelan Amazon: all major basins are at risk from sedimentation and mercury pollution derived from gold exploitation. A report published in February by the environmental organization Clima […]
A report on extractivism in Venezuela presented by the environmental organization SOS Orinoco revealed that 53 people died in 18 mining accidents in the country in 2023. According to the study, 2023 became the year with the highest number of […]
The UN rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, stated that the CLAP program “was well-intentioned as a temporary humanitarian relief by the government (…) but has become susceptible to political patronage and does not meet right-to-food standards” The […]
The coastal communities of Lake Maracaibo and the Gulf of Coro suffered the greatest impact of oil spills registered in Venezuela between July and December 2023. In January 2024, the Venezuelan Observatory of Environmental Human Rights (Ovdha) presented its most […]
Children, pregnant women and older adults are the most affected by food insecurity. Malnutrition in children under the age of five affects 1.4 million people. Many older adults rely on a monthly pension of roughly 3 US dollars, insufficient to […]
According to a recent report, the lack of water has forced more people to turn to alternative sources Venezuela’s water crisis has worsened in recent years to become a problem that no longer affects remote areas of the country but […]
The Venezuelan Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (Acfiman) and a group of more than 60 researchers are leading the collection of data on the impact of climate change in Venezuela. Their work seeks to map the vulnerabilities of […]
