CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.S. officials are investigating the suspected looting of valuable European and Latin American artwork they believe is being quietly plundered by Venezuelan government insiders as Nicolas Maduro struggles to maintain his grip on power. The U.S. […]
In a statement published on December 16th of 2019 to President Fernandez, 74 social and human rights organizations asked the new leader of Argentina to maintain “the possible good diplomatic work to stimulate a democratic, peaceful and constitutional exit to […]
Oral Update on the Situation of Human Rights in the Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaInformational Session of the Human Rights CouncilMichelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 18 December 2019 Mr. President,Members of the Human Rights Council,Excellencies, Since my […]
CARACAS/MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s faltering efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro are facing a new challenge in the form of an influence-peddling scandal that has left disillusioned Venezuelans wondering if Guaido’s moment has passed. Guaido […]
On June 29, 2017, a group of students from the Simón Bolívar University was detained in El Rosal by police officers who were repressing a protest march that had been called for in Caracas. The images of their arrest and […]
SITUATION UPDATE Venezuela continues to face one of the most dire political and economic crises in the country’s history. The United Nations estimates that 94% of the population lives in poverty, while some 4.5 million Venezuelans now live outside of […]
Who has never felt rage? Who has never felt sadness? This experience has impacted the Venezuelan society to the core. And no one, on their own, has the means to escape this insanity. Better not ask questions like the one […]
Venezuela’s National Assembly lawmaker, Juan Requesens and other 16 defendants, were accused of involvement in the drone attack of August 2018. Juan Requesens’ arrest was a clear violation of his parliamentary immunity as an elected member of the Venezuelan National […]
The Venezuelan refugee crisis is just about to surpass the scale of the Syrian crisis. As 2019 comes to a close, four years since the start of the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis, 4.6 million Venezuelans have fled the country, about 16 percent of […]
Continuing the vision that the current Venezuelan crisis is in a state of political deadlock, and as a consequence, the complex social situation continues ravaging the living conditions of the population, we’re witnessing with certain “normality” a shadow economic system […]
