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
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On March 31, a group of over 60 Colombian and Venezuelan NGOs—and over 300 individual advocates...
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In a letter to President Joe Biden, human rights groups in Brazil and the Washington Office on...
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Agreement Will Require UN Oversight and Humanitarian Supervision Washington, DC—On February 11,...
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The recent, ongoing and unwarranted detention of five members of the Venezuelan NGO ‘Azul...
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On January 30, UN Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the...
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On January 25, 2021, a group of U.S. Senators led by incoming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced a bill to designate Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which would grant temporary legal status to Venezuelans fleeing a devastating political and humanitarian crisis in their home country.
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The recent campaigns of stigmatization, harassment, and repression against the media in Venezuela constitute a clear attack against the freedoms of expression and of access to information and infringe upon the important contributions by these organizations
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On Saturday, October 10, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) joined with 27 Venezuelan and regional civil society organizations in calling on the U.S. government to reiterate its commitment to a peaceful, democratic solution in Venezuela, and to refrain from any policies that aggravate the humanitarian emergency.
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Today, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) joins with 115 organizations and individuals...
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