Feliciano Reyna, activist and director of the Venezuelan organization Acción Solidaria, indicated that there “continues to be a very serious deficit in terms of human rights” in Venezuela by the end of 2023.
In a recent interview, Mr. Reyna announced the submission of a letter to the UN Secretary-General with details of the current situation of the Venezuelan population in different aspects and recommendations prepared by a group of organizations that operate in the country.
“There are some recommendations issued by the international bodies and our organizations to improve people’s lives but they are not being implemented,” Mr. Reyna said.
In that sense, the renowned activist stated that every time the Venezuelan Government appears before international bodies, it maintains an attitude of rejection towards all the accusations of human rights violations that have been documented in the country, as well as the recommendations that have been issued to their reparation and justice.
“Instead of listening to the recommendations and implementing them, the Government turns its back on them and tries to disqualify them,” he said.
Mr. Reyna considered that the recommendations are absolutely necessary to improve people’s lives. “We talk about all areas and all human beings, including the freedom of assembly, expression, and association, which are very important fields,” he insisted.
The organization headed by Mr. Reyna, Acción Solidaria, is dedicated to the promotion and defense of social and economic rights and has documented the major shortcomings of the Venezuelan State, with a large part of the population suffering the consequences of a Complex Humanitarian Emergency since around 2016, which becomes evident by salaries that “fail to provide citizens with enough resources to live and access food or education.”
Translated by Jose Rafael Medina
