The Venezuelan Education-Action Program on Human Rights (Provea) presented its 35th Annual Report, a document denouncing the systematic pattern of human rights violations during the 10 years of Nicolás Maduro’s government. The report details how the Maduro government “has stifled […]
“Agricultural production and food availability in Venezuela reached a low point in 2019, with levels similar to the 1950s. (…) Although there has been an improvement in the last two years, that does not mean that the production is reaching people’s tables,” explained […]
The environmental NGO Clima 21 denounced that Venezuela is the only country in South America that does not have a national plan for climate change In 2009, the Law on the Comprehensive Management of Socio-natural and Technological Hazards provided for […]
According to the third report from the Monitor of Use of Lethal Force in Latin America and the Caribbean (MFL), published on April 16, 21 to 25.3 percent of all violent deaths in Venezuela between 2020 and 2022 happened at […]
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 […]
A visit by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to Venezuela is expected in the next few hours. According to human rights defender Marino Alvarado, this visit comes in response to the persistence of human rights violations in the […]
A human-rights-based analysis of the recent “bill on Fascism, Neo-fascism and equivalent expressions” being discussed at Venezuela’s National Assembly was carried out by Laboratorio de Paz, a local think tank focusing on Peace and nonviolent conflict resolution Early March, Venezuela’s […]
The Complex Humanitarian Emergency that affects Venezuela continues to have a differentiated impact on women. For example, gender-based violence continues to increase in the country, where 201 femicides were registered between January and September 2023 alone. The organizations that promote […]
A series of obstacles have been placed on Venezuelan political opposition for the upcoming presidential elections, even after the government signed in Barbados an agreement for “free and democratic elections”. The terms of the negotiation have not been complied with, […]
The mines of the Guayana region in southern Venezuela have become the source of an illusion of wealth for the most vulnerable population that turns to them in search of fortune, ending up trapped in a vicious circle of slavery-like […]
