Today, after weeks of concerted mobilizing by civil society and persistent negotiations between opposition representatives and the Maduro government, the new members of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) were announced.
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WOLA’s David Smilde Presents on Violent Crime in Venezuela
On April 12, the University of Chicago’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) hosted a webinar featuring WOLA Senior Fellow David Smilde to explore trends relating to crime, violence, and citizen security in Venezuela.
RSVP | Venezuela Conversa: Post-Pandemic Recovery and Sustainable Development
Venezuela is suffering a severe and prolonged economic crisis. Processes such as the destruction of the production infrastructure, the weakening of the national oil industry, hyperinflation, currency devaluation, and de facto dollarization are all part of the experience of the Venezuelan population, which suffers every day from the onslaught of the economic collapse.
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
Venezuelan 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 from both countries—signed a public letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres in which they urge him to designate a special envoy to the Colombia-Venezuela border...
Report Launch: Defending Human Rights in Venezuela
On Wednesday, April 7 at 12:00 p.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. in Bogota), Dejusticia (Colombia) and WOLA will be hosting an event to commemorate the launch of a new report entitled “Defending Human Rights in Venezuela: Challenges Facing Civil Society in Confronting the Closure of Democratic Spaces.”
Episode 5: Civil Society and a Democratic Transition in Venezuela
In the fifth episode of The Venezuela Briefing, hosts Geoff Ramsey and Kristen Martinez-Gugerli interview Venezuelan academic Maryhen Jiménez about recent civil society efforts to push for a democratic transition in Venezuela.
Venezuela Conversa: Construction of a New Social Pact
What should be the basis of a new process of understanding in Venezuela? Is It possible to build a common language for shared values? Join WOLA and citizen movement Dale Letra for the 5th in the Venezuela Conversa event series on Wednesday, March 24 at 4:00 p.m. EDT.
Breaking the Stalemate: How Civil Society is Pushing for Free and Fair Elections
On Tuesday, March 16 at 9:00 am EDT, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) invites you to attend an upcoming webinar on a civil society campaign for a peaceful, democratic solution in Venezuela: As Venezuela’s protracted political crisis drags on, more and...
Rights Groups Urge Biden to Press Brazil on Migration Policy
In a letter to President Joe Biden, human rights groups in Brazil and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) urge the U.S. administration to emphasize the importance of migrant rights and access to asylum in Brazil. As they note, since 2019 the Brazilian...