Venezuela: Ten Questions for 2017
It would be great to be able to look forward to a better 2017. Unfortunately, in Venezuela as in...
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Tag: Citizen Security Reform
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.
Venezuelan Opposition’s Police Reform Law Seeks Decentralization and Increased Firepower
In October the National Assembly (AN) approved in second discussion, a reform of the Ley Orgánica...
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Why are Police Officers Dying in Venezuela?
Figure produced by FUNDEPRO, charting the deaths of security forces in Venezuela from 2012-2015...
Read MoreIs Crime Getting More Organized in Venezuela?
[The following is a translated and edited version of a presentation I gave to an ad hoc, off-the-record discussion group last week in Caracas. The first 650 words or so are rather academic. If you want more Venezuela-specific...
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The Citizen Security Proposals of Venezuela’s New National Assembly
A picture of Hugo Chávez saluting Simón Bolívar that hangs on a wall in the National Security...
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The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela
From October 29-31, 2015, the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University...
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Will Venezuela’s Citizen Security Reform Continue Despite Re-militarization?
January saw an accentuation of the progressive remilitarization of citizen security under the...
Read MoreDo Venezuelans Support Civilian or Military Policing? Citizen Security and Public Perceptions, part 4
Since our last article in this series there have been significant changes in the administration of citizen security in Venezuela. The murder of actress Monica Spear and her husband last month effectively provided the occasion...
Read MoreMaduro Announcements Mark a Return to Militarized Policing
The fact that President Maduro went on national television and directly addressed the tragic murders of actress Monica Spear and her husband should be welcomed, as it is all too easy for the government to ignore the issue of...
Read MoreThe Impact of Plan Patria Segura on Police Reform in Venezuela
The recent announcement of the Plan Patria Segura by the Maduro government (see reports here and here), which puts the armed forces in the street alongside the National Police force, signals a continued reliance on the military...
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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
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