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Venezuela

The situation in Venezuela is urgent and immediate. The country is at the brink of collapse, people are starving, and there is hyperinflation. The root cause of the crisis is that the governing coalition, that has ruled the country ever since Hugo Chavez was elected as president in 1999, and which enjoyed broad public support for many years, is unwilling to accept that they have lost the support of the public and should therefore give up power democratically. For a number of years, there have been serious and pervasive violations of people’s civil and political rights.

News from Venezuela

Standing in Solidarity With Venezuelan Human Rights Defenders

  • Statements, Venezuela
  • 5 February 2021

The recent, ongoing and unwarranted detention of five members of the Venezuelan NGO ‘Azul Positivo’ …

Voices from Venezuela: “We Shouldn’t Get Used to an Authoritarian Regime”

  • News, Venezuela
  • 2 December 2020

As the election to Venezuela’s national assembly on 6 December are drawing near, the country’s polit…

Voices from Venezuela: “Venezuelans shouldn’t get used to an authoritarian regime”

  • Venezuela
  • 2 December 2020

During the year, we have interviewed a number of Venezuelan human righ…

Voices from Venezuela: The Llanos – Protests and Arbitrary Detentions on the Rise 

  • Venezuela
  • 2 December 2020

During the year, we have interviewed a number of Venezuelan human rights defende…

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