Month: August 2024

Socialist union leader José Bodas denounces political persecution, layoffs and evictions against workers in the oil industry

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Left opposition, repression, working class

Laclase.info August 17, 2024. “Workers from different PDVSA areas in the country are calling to inform us of the massive layoffs being carried out by the board of directors. This is a political retaliation against numerous workers who, in the framework of the recent electoral process, demonstrated against Maduro's government through social networks, in whatsapp … Continue reading Socialist union leader José Bodas denounces political persecution, layoffs and evictions against workers in the oil industry

Nicolás Maduro’s fraud foretold

by venezuelanvoices, posted in crisis, repression

By Simón Rodríguez Originally published by The New Arab, August 6 Photograph: Fernando Vergara Massive protests have erupted across Venezuela. Repression has left more than two thousand people arrested, many of them forcibly disappeared, hundreds injured and 22 killed in a week. In hundreds of cities, in the poorest barrios, self-convened crowds have taken to the streets in … Continue reading Nicolás Maduro’s fraud foretold

Cease state terrorism in Venezuela

by venezuelanvoices, posted in human rights, repression

Statement Picture: Matias Delacroix We, the undersigned, members of the Latin American Association of Criminal Law and Criminology (ALPEC) together with colleagues specialized in the study of violence, citizen security, criminal policy and human rights in the region, as well as activists, intellectuals and academics, express our deep concern at the intensification of institutional violence … Continue reading Cease state terrorism in Venezuela

Venezuelan leftist parties reject the dictatorship’s fraud and repression

by venezuelanvoices, posted in Left opposition

Statements by the Socialism and Freedom Party and the Communist Party of Venezuela Note by Venezuelanvoices: The Freedom and Socialism Party and the Communist Party of Venezuela come from very different political traditions and have had different positions in the face of the Chavista regime. While the Freedom and Socialism Party is a trotskyist party, … Continue reading Venezuelan leftist parties reject the dictatorship’s fraud and repression