Analysis Archives - Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights

Venezuela Weekly: Main Opposition Parties Reject December Legislative Election, Present no Alternative

By Dimitris Pantoulas and David Smilde, Aug. 5

Aug 5, 2020 | Articles

[We will be taking a break next week but will publish the Venezuela Weekly again in third week of...

Venezuela Weekly: Discussion of U.S. Venezuela Policy

By David Smilde and Dimitris Pantoulas, Jul. 29

Jul 29, 2020 | Venezuela Weekly

A few months before the U.S. presidential elections Democrats are discussing potential policy...

Video: Venezuela Urgently Needs to Ramp Up Humanitarian Assistance

By WOLA

Jul 29, 2020 | Multimedia, Statements, Video, WOLA Statement

In Venezuela, a country that for years has been grappling with widespread shortages of food, medicine, and essential goods, the COVID-19 pandemic is aggravating an already dire humanitarian emergency. By some estimates, Venezuela has just 8 hospital beds per 100,000 people.

Geoff Ramsey on NPR: the International Community Faces a ‘Crossroads’ in Venezuela

By Geoff Ramsey

Jul 28, 2020 | Multimedia, Podcast

On July 23, NPR posted an excerpt of a nice conversation I had with John Otis on the difficult...

Did Maduro Sideline Diosdado Cabello?

By Geoff Ramsey

Jul 27, 2020 | Analysis

Coverage of Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian consolidation of power in Venezuela has mostly focused...

#VenezuelaTPSNow | July 24 Letter to U.S. Senators

By WOLA

Jul 24, 2020 | Joint Statement, Statements

Saturday, July 25 marks one full year since the Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 passed in the U.S. with bipartisan support. The Senate version of the bill has been stalled in the Senate ever since it narrowly failed to pass by unanimous vote shortly thereafter.