Posts Tagged ‘Nicolás Maduro’
“Cúcuta: Emergency Exit,” A Special Series at the Frontlines
Dejusticia (Colombia) and Provea (Venezuela) brought together ten journalists from Venezuela and three from Colombia to tell, through seven heartbreaking stories of suffering, sacrifice and hope at the border between the two countries.
Read MoreThe collective despair of Venezuelans passing through Cúcuta
In response to the presidential elections, a repeated phrase is heard among those crossing the Simon Bolivar bridge to take refuge in other countries across South America: “Only God can save Venezuela.”
Read MoreThe foreign minister’s silence on Colombians imprisoned in Venezuela
More than 60 innocent Colombians sleep in Venezuelan jail cells. Although similar situations have resulted in diplomatic confrontations between Venezuela and countries such as Brazil, in Colombia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, María Ángela Holguín has kept a low profile.
Read MoreVenezuela Must Respect the People’s Right to Free and Fair Elections
On January 23, Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly (ANC) approved a decree that calls for presidential elections to be held by April 30, 2018. As organizations devoted to advancing human rights in the Americas, we are profoundly concerned
Read MoreMaduro’s persecuted
The flight to Europe by the former mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, uncovers one more of the 342 stories of political prisoners fleeing the government of Nicolás Maduro.
Read More#VenezuelaBienvenida: Colombian-Venezuelans return to Colombia, a product of the crisis
For decades millions of Colombians crossed the border into Venezuela, fleeing our armed conflict. Now the humanitarian crisis created by the Maduro government is bringing back the children of those migrants. #VenezuelaWelcome is a call to solidarity.
Read More“Today, even Chavistas are persecuted in Venezuela”: Rafael Uzcátegui
The director of the Venezuelan NGO, Provea, visiting Colombia on invitation from Dejustica, speaks about the escape of prosecutor Luisa Ortega and the possibility of a new wave of protests in principal cities around the country.
Read More#VenezuelaBienvenida, a call for solidarity
With this initiative, we want to bring Colombians closer to the stories of the Venezuelans who migrated to our country and the deep economic and humanitarian crisis that Venezuela is experiencing.
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