Nicolás Maduro’s fraud foretold

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

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

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

The fraud’s second stage begins

Venezuelanvoices.org Pictures by EFE As Venezuelanvoices.org had predicted in an analysis published as the voting process started on Sunday, July 28, the government would continue with the fraudulent scheme with which the electoral process developed since its early stages. After the midnight of July 29, the president of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, awarded … Continue reading The fraud’s second stage begins

Presidential elections in Venezuela: what to expect?

Venezuelanvoices.org A tense calm prevailed as the Venezuelan presidential elections began early this morning. As has been constantly denounced, the process has been fraudulent from the beginning, so it is to be expected the outcome will not be any different. In arbitrary fashion, the government prevented the nomination of candidates from the traditional right-wing opposition, … Continue reading Presidential elections in Venezuela: what to expect?

Government forges undemocratic elections with proscriptive measures

Socialism and Freedom Party (PSL) Caracas, March 25, 2024. If there was any doubt about the authoritarian character and suppression of democratic freedoms by the government, this has been dispelled in the last few days, in the period established by the National Electoral Council for the registration of presidential candidates, which expires today. Without any … Continue reading Government forges undemocratic elections with proscriptive measures

On the Essequibo referendum

Socialism and Freedom Party (PSL) Image: A 1890 Venezuelan map, including the Essequibo region and a huge claim to territory which currently is a part of Colombia The government of Nicolás Maduro has launched an aggressive and expensive campaign on the dispute with Guyana over the Essequibo, calling for a vote in the referendum set … Continue reading On the Essequibo referendum

Colombian ultra-right wing paramilitaries created mass graves in Venezuela

Venezuelanvoices.org Picture: AFP In May, former ultra-right-wing paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso made four appearances before magistrates of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia, in which he admitted his close relationship with Uribista politicians such as former vice-president Francisco Santos, in agreement with whom a bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) was … Continue reading Colombian ultra-right wing paramilitaries created mass graves in Venezuela

Mothers of youth killed by the chavista police: “We will continue to demand justice”

By Laclase.info Caracas, May 25, 2022.- According to figures from human rights organizations and academic researchers, since 2015, there has been a significant increase in the number of executions perpetrated by members of the Venezuelan police forces, which occur in the midst of the deployment of repressive operations in popular neighborhoods in the main cities … Continue reading Mothers of youth killed by the chavista police: “We will continue to demand justice”