Negotiations Between the Venezuelan Government and Opposition to Resume
On November 26, representatives of the government of Nicolás Maduro and the opposition Unitary...
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Statements
ICC Opens Formal Investigation Into Crimes Against Humanity in Venezuela
On November 3, upon concluding a three-day visit to Venezuela, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan announced that the body is opening a formal investigation into crimes against humanity committed by civilian authorities, members of the armed forces and pro-government individuals in the context of protests and repression that have occurred since 2017.
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Solving Venezuela’s Crisis Requires Ending Impunity for Human Rights Violations
On September 16, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela issued a 220-page report on the Venezuelan justice system, finding that the country’s judicial institutions have been complicit in widespread persecution and repression
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Negotiations Yield Important Changes in Venezuela’s Electoral Authority
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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Venezuelan Humanitarian Accord Widened to Include COVID-19 Vaccine
Agreement Will Require UN Oversight and Humanitarian Supervision Washington, DC—On February 11,...
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New Effort to Advance TPS for Venezuelans Highlights Gaps in the Hemisphere’s Response
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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Video: Venezuela Urgently Needs to Ramp Up Humanitarian Assistance
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.
Read MoreWOLA Statement: Attempted Takeover of Venezuela’s National Assembly Leadership is Illegitimate
Today, 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 MorePoll: For a Peaceful, Electoral, Democratic and Sovereign Solution for Venezuela
Friends 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 MoreA Peaceful, Democratic Solution to Venezuela’s Crisis Requires Fact-based Analysis and Advocacy: A Response to the ‘Open Letter to WOLA’
In 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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Venezuela Program
Geoff Ramsey
Director for Venezuela @GRamsey_LatAm
David Smilde
WOLA Senior Fellow and the Charles A. and Leo M. Favrot Professor of Human Relations at Tulane University
@dsmilde