Kristen Martinez-Gugerli is the Venezuela Program Associate at WOLA, where she conducts research, facilitates congressional outreach, and provides support for the Venezuela program. Her main areas of interest are conflict resolution and human rights for vulnerable populations. At WOLA, she actively works to advocate for humanitarian assistance to Venezuela, the development of a peaceful and democratic resolution, and the rights of Venezuelan migrants and refugees. Ms. Martinez-Gugerli graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2019 with a BPhil in International and Area Studies and Political Science and a certificate in Latin American Studies.
On April 7, the Center for Legal Studies, Justice, and Society (Dejusticia) published a report highlighting the challenges facing civil society actors in Venezuela, as well as their resistance and resilience in their continued defense of human rights in the country....
In the sixth episode of The Venezuela Briefing, hosts Geoff Ramsey and Kristen Martinez-Gugerli interview military intelligence analyst Andrei Serbin Pont
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.
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
Venezuela’s opposition has approved a measure to ask the U.S. government to unfreeze funding for a COVID-19 vaccine in the country, bringing the country one step closer to mass vaccination even as significant hurdles remain. On March 19, the “Delegated Commission”...
On Monday, March 8, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, extending temporary regular status and the ability to apply for work authorization to over 300,000 Venezuelans living in the United States. The...
This week the Biden administration fulfilled its campaign promise to designate Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status, (TPS), extending temporary regular status and the ability to apply for work authorization to more than 300,000 Venezuelans. The TPS designation is...
On March 1, Colombian President Iván Duque signed a decree to provide a Temporary Protection Permit (PPT) to Venezuelans in the country, which will offer a formal immigration status to 1.7 million Venezuelans living in the country. This is an important gesture, as an...
In response to new EU sanctions against 19 individuals, a possible sign of greater EU-U.S. coordination, the Maduro government has retaliated by declaring the EU ambassador in Caracas a persona non grata. On February 24, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza gave EU...
In the fourth episode of The Venezuela Briefing, hosts Geoff Ramsey and Kristen Martinez-Gugerli interview WOLA colleague Gimena Sanchez and Dejusticia’s Lucia Ramirez to learn more about a recent measure by the Colombian government to provide legal residency to Venezuelan migrants living in the country.
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