Hugo Pérez Hernáiz is a Venezuelan sociologist and translator. He has taught at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.
Venezuela’s opposition has announced its road-map for the next week, with a series of planned actions for the coming days. According to opposition leaders these actions — which include a 12-hour strike today, a vote by the National Assembly to begin a trial of...
On Thursday, October 20 Venezuela’s electoral ruling body, the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) indefinitely postponed the signature gathering drive of 20% of registered voters in support of a recall referendum against president Maduro due to have taken place this...
In recent weeks, all parties to Venezuela´s political conflict have made moves to involve the Vatican in a still-incipient dialogue. This is not insignificant because while the Vatican´s potential to mediate in Venezuela is perhaps the only point the Maduro government...
The Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) has issued a press release setting out a series of requirements for the signature drive to call a recall referendum against President Nicolás Maduro that make it all but impossible to hold this year. The announcement puts in place...
The recent wave of detentions of opposition leaders and activists has left opposition party Voluntad Popular reeling, and human rights groups searching for vocabulary. In the run up to the the September 1 demonstration, the “Taking of Caracas,” at least 7 opposition...
A street mobilization in Caracas called by the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) coalition for September 1 is raising expectations among opposition followers, and alarm in the government. The MUD is calling the mobilization the Takeover of Caracas (Toma de...
In recent weeks, the commitment to human rights of Venezuela’s Ombudsman’s Office has been called into question as a result of a statement by the international network responsible for linking state-level human rights agencies and the United Nations system. In May...
In his speech during the commemoration ceremony of Chávez’s 62nd birthday in July 28, president Maduro emphasized the need for loyalty to the late president in order to continue his legacy. “To say ‘Chávez’ is to say ‘loyalty, people, and history,’” said Maduro....
The president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, finally announced yesterday the result of the audit of the signatures submitted by the opposition as the first step to petition for a recall referendum (RR) against president Maduro. Lucena...
On July 21, nearly 50 human rights organizations in Venezuela—including PROVEA, COFAVIC, and the Human Rights Center of the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB)—signed a public letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in which they urged UN agencies...