For a decade, Venezuela’s higher academia has been suffering from an institutional dismantling plan orchestrated by Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro for not bowing to his authoritarianism, Tulio Ramírez, a tenured Venezuelan professor at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, told international research platform The Conversation. “The essence of the plan of attack [ … ]
In a similar move to that of Nicaragua’s dictator Daniel Ortega, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro regime went after the Red Cross on August 4, raising the alarm among human rights organizations about the crackdown on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the country. In May, the Nicaraguan regime abolished the humanitarian organization [ … ]
Following the departure of former Venezuelan Oil Minister Tareck el Aissami in March, the Nicolás Maduro regime increased its dependence on Iran to keep the oil industry afloat. In June, president of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and Oil Minister Pedro Tellechea, signed a memorandum of understanding with his Iranian [ … ]
Under the Nicolás Maduro regime, Venezuela’s state-owned oil company (PDVSA) has not only collapsed, but lack of investment and maintenance in its facilities generate daily oil spills with devastating consequences for the environment and the population, The New York Times (NYT) reported in late July. Since 2016, PDVSA stopped reporting [ … ]
In the months following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua deepened its position in at least seven Latin American countries, with the consent of the Nicolás Maduro regime. According to nongovernmental organization (NGO) Transparencia Venezuela, the Tren de Aragua can be described as a “mega-gang,” which [ … ]
In the first three months of 2023, a record 51,838 Venezuelan migrants and refugees entered Brazil. This is the highest number ever recorded in the first three months of the year since 2020. Operation Shelter (Operação Acolhida), executed and coordinated by the Federal government, with the support of federal entities, [ … ]
China and Venezuela continue to deepen their relations, this time during a meeting between Nicolás Maduro and a delegation from the Communist Party of China (CPC) in mid-May. Maduro received the senior Chinese officials at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas with a view to deepening political relations between both countries. [ … ]
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will continue to investigate the Venezuelan regime for alleged crimes against humanity, which would make it possible to establish “specific” and “individual” responsibilities for the facts, human rights experts said. On June 27, the Pre-Trial Chamber authorized ICC Prosecutor [ … ]
A study on access to information in Venezuela by Equilibrium CenDE, a research center that analyzes social, economic, and political problems in Venezuela and throughout Latin America, reveals that 64 percent of the Venezuelan population believes that there are disinformation and news manipulation strategies. The research shows that 78 percent [ … ]
On April 8, The Chinese government urged Venezuela to join its lunar research station project in a bid to expand international collaboration, the Venezuelan regime said in an April 8 statement. The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), a joint China-Russia project, seeks to establish a research base on the moon [ … ]
Tehran and Caracas signed new memorandums of understanding to expand cooperation in the energy sector in the face of economic sanctions imposed on both countries, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. The agreements on oil, gas, reconstruction, and renovation of oil refineries, which Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and [ … ]
“These attacks, both on the opposition and on journalists, have been going on for a long time, almost 20 years,” Leonardo Paz, a researcher at the Center for Prospecting and International Intelligence at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, told Diálogo. According to Paz, the increasing attacks indicate that the regime has [ … ]
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