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92 Regional Organizations Call on the Maduro Government to Cease Repression of Civil Society
As Venezuela’s crisis of authoritarianism deepens, civil society voices are increasingly coming under attack by the de facto government of Nicolás Maduro. On March 30, the Venezuelan Ministry of Interior and Justice published a new requirement in the Official Gazette for the registry
Read MoreEpisode 6: Armed Conflict in Apure
In the sixth episode of The Venezuela Briefing, hosts Geoff Ramsey and Kristen Martinez-Gugerli interview military intelligence analyst Andrei Serbin Pont
Read More‘Responsible Statecraft’ Op-Ed: Biden Will Need to Take Venezuela Off the Back Burner
On April 6, the Quincy Institute’s Responsible Statecraft published my latest op-ed on the...
Read MoreVenezuelan and Colombian Groups Urge UN to Appoint Special Envoy to Border Crisis
On March 31, a group of over 60 Colombian and Venezuelan NGOs—and over 300 individual advocates...
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Venezuela Weekly
Venezuela Weekly: Dejusticia Report Highlights Challenges Facing Venezuelan Civil Society
On April 7, the Center for Legal Studies, Justice, and Society (Dejusticia) published a report...
Read MoreVenezuela Weekly: COVAX Negotiations Progress Despite Obstruction from Maduro
After the Guaidó coalition and Maduro government agreed in February to expand the PAHO accord reached in June 2020 to cooperate for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, negotiations are still underway to facilitate the delivery of vaccines through the WHO-linked COVAX initiative.
Read MoreVenezuela Weekly: Venezuelans Displaced Amid Clashes with Armed Groups on Border
Over the last ten days 4,700 Venezuelans, according to the United Nations estimate, have fled across the border into Colombia as the Venezuelan armed forces carry out an offensive against Colombian guerrilla
Read MoreVenezuela Weekly: PAHO Accord Advances, But Hurdles Remain
Venezuela’s opposition has approved a measure to ask the U.S. government to unfreeze funding for a...
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Venezuela Program
Geoff Ramsey
Director for Venezuela @GRamsey_LatAm
David Smilde
WOLA Senior Fellow and the Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations at Tulane University
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