Why are Police Officers Dying in Venezuela?
Figure produced by FUNDEPRO, charting the deaths of security forces in Venezuela from 2012-2015...
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Human Rights Watch and PROVEA Release Devastating Report on Venezuelan Citizen Security Initiative
On April 4th Human Rights Watch and PROVEA released a report on Venezuela’s most recent security initiative, Operation Liberation and Protection of the People (hereafter referred to as OLP). The report is entitled “Power without...
Read MoreIn Defense of Venezuela’s Police Reform
By: Martha Lía Grajales Pineda, Red de Apoyo por la Justicia y la Paz Originally published December 1, 2014 in El Universal On October 27th President of the Republic Nicolás Maduro, announced the formation of a Presidential...
Read MoreVenezuela’s “Police Revolution”: Rolling Back or Pushing Forward Reform?
Earlier this month President Nicolas Maduro announced a “police revolution” that would “purify” the 141 police bodies in the country. The announcement was motivated by the recent Quinta Crespo siege and the high profile murder...
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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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