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.
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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.
Read MoreOn April 24, fourteen Venezuelan organizations in France launched a call to solidarity for the fight against coronavirus in Venezuela. Our call was supported by more than 400 signatures from the civil society, academic, and humanitarian sectors in France, Venezuela, and other countries in the European and American continents.
Read MoreOn May 15, more than 150 organizations and individuals across Venezuelan civil society issued this statement (translation below, see the original here) in response to recent events and the country’s deepening crisis,...
Read MoreToday, lawmakers belonging to Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), alongside minority opposition factions, proclaimed a new president of the National Assembly. Their announcement was made as security...
Read MoreOn December 3, representatives of governments from across the Americas will meet in Bogota, Colombia to discuss how to address Venezuela’s crisis in the framework of the Organ of Consultation of the Inter-American Treaty...
Read More(Versión en español) On June 3 in New York, representatives of the Lima Group will meet with counterparts in the International Contact Group to discuss the Venezuela crisis. As human rights organizations from across the...
Read MoreFriends of WOLA Rafael Uzcategui and Verónica Zubillaga put together a poll for Venezuelans to express their support for a peaceful, democratic resolution of Venezuela’s conflict. It is still open for signatures until...
Read More[This actually came out last month and we tweeted it then (see Spanish original here). But we would like put it on the blog and once again say how much we appreciate this manifestation of support. We do everything we can to...
Read MoreIn our 45-year history, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) has built a long trajectory of criticizing both U.S. military intervention and violations of democracy and human rights in our hemisphere. In the case of...
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