Now Is the Time to Save Venezuela’s Elections By JOSE CARDENAS I Foreignpolicy.com August 4, 2015 It is difficult to appreciate the level of socio-economic destruction that has befallen Venezuela through 18 years of chavismo, the socialist movement founded by Read more …
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Political Prisoners in Venezuela, Newsletter Nº 25
UN gives Venezuela one year to «correct» the issue of temporary judges El Universal.com July 24, 2015 One year. Such is the term given to the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) and the Attorney General Office to take the necessary Read more …
Political Prisoners in Venezuela, Newsletter Nº 24
Foreign senators to visit Caracas to learn about «humanitarian crisis» ElUniversal.com July 21, 2015 Spanish senators Iñaki Anasagasti (PNV), José Miguel Camacho (PSOE), Andrés Gil García (CiU), and Uruguayan Senator Pablo Mieres (Partido Independiente) will travel to Caracas this week Read more …
Political Prisoners in Venezuela, Newsletter Nº 23
Venezuela Bars Opposition Leader From Holding Office NyTimes.com July 14, 2015 One of Venezuela’s most prominent opposition leaders announced Tuesday that she had been barred from holding public office as a critical election looms. Former lawmaker Maria Corina Machado posted Read more …
Political Prisoners in Venezuela, Newsletter Nº 22
No More Hiding From Venezuela’s Abuses DESMOND TUTU I wsj.com July 2, 2015 The Venezuelan government announced last week that it will hold parliamentary elections on Dec. 6. This news wouldn’t have attracted much attention if it weren’t the result Read more …
Political Prisoners in Venezuela, Newsletter Nº 21
NGOs denounce political and civil rights violations in Venezuela El Universal June 29, 2015 Thirty Venezuelan and international human rights organizations said that Venezuela failed to observe the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; therefore, they requested the United Read more …
Political Prisoners in Venezuela, Newsletter Nº 20
Jailed Venezuelan Opposition Leader Ends Hunger Strike NyTimes June 23, 2015 Jailed Venezuelan politician Leopoldo Lopez has ended a 30-day hunger strike after authorities set a date for legislative elections, a key demand of opponents of President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist Read more …
Political Prisoners in Venezuela, Newsletter Nº 19

UN questions «legality and conditions» of detention of dissenters El Universal June 15, 2015 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, deplored on Monday the detention conditions of peaceful demonstrators in Venezuela and put the Read more …
Political Prisoners in Venezuela, Newsletter Nº 18

Sign the Petition to Support Leopoldo López and Other Hunger Strike Participants Change.org June 8, 2015 Leopoldo’s sisters, Adriana López Vermut and Diana López, released a petition today appealing to international organizations, including the Organization of American States and UNASUR Read more …
Political Prisoners in Venezuela, Newsletter Nº 17

Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on hunger strike BBC.com May 24, 2015 Prominent jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has announced he has gone on hunger strike demanding «freedom for political prisoners». In a video leaked from prison, Mr Lopez Read more …