Venezuela Weekly: Maduro Leans in to Stealth Privatizations
On October 9, the Maduro-controlled National Constituent Assembly (ANC) approved a controversial...
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Venezuela Weekly
The Venezuela Weekly is a weekly news and analysis series that provides regular updates on Venezuelan politics, the humanitarian crisis, the human rights situation in Venezuela, and the international response.
Venezuela Weekly: Maduro Rejects Calls to Postpone Legislative Vote
The European Union will not send electoral observers to Venezuela’s upcoming legislative election...
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Venezuela Weekly: EU Sends Mission Ahead of Legislative Election
In a sign that the European Union remains interested in negotiating improved electoral conditions...
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Venezuela Weekly: Capriles-Guaidó Split Hinges on EU Observation
Venezuela’s opposition landscape has changed dramatically in the last two weeks, after two-time...
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Venezuela Weekly: Impending Sanctions on Diesel Fuel Raise Alarms
Venezuelan activists and opinion-makers are expressing concern about the humanitarian implications...
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Venezuela Weekly: Church Hierarchy says Abstention is not Enough
On August 11, Venezuela’s Episcopal Conference released a statement surprinsg many. While it...
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Venezuela Weekly: Discussion of U.S. Venezuela Policy
A few months before the U.S. presidential elections Democrats are discussing potential policy...
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Venezuela Weekly: Rights Groups Push Back on Government Stigmatization of Return Migrants
The Center for Human Rights of the Universidad Católica Ándres Bello released a report on how the...
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Venezuela Weekly: Second OHCHR Report Targets Justice System and Orinoco Mining
On July 15, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet presented a...
Read MoreVenezuela Weekly: On Independence Day, Civil Society Calls for a National Accord
On July 5, Venezuela’s Independence Day multiple civil society organizations—from human rights groups, to the union sector, to business associations–released a video and carried out a social media campaign demanding the...
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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