The policy of love
In Venezuela, a law was passed imposing harsh penalties for those who promote hatred and fascism. Pretending to eradicate hate and impose love is a typical feature of tyranny.
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Constituting a black hole
The Constituent Assembly proposed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will consume what remains of democracy in Venezuela. It will also make Maduro a dictator who will control all the powers of the state. The international community must vigorously oppose it.
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Ready for the ICC?
A denunciation of the highest levels of the Venezuelan government before the ICC does not have, at least with the information available today, a solid legal foundation.
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The Illegality of Venezuela’s Mass Deportations of Colombians
More than 1,000 Colombians have been deported simply for being Colombians in a certain area of Venezuela. According to the ILC, the collective deportation of foreigners is prohibited.
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The Mail of Dishonor
In one of the most difficult moments of the French Revolution (September 1793), when Robespierre feared that his political project would topple, the revolutionary government promulgated a law that identified suspects as "all those who due to their behavior, relationships, intent, or writings, reveal themselves in favor of federalism and as enemies of liberty."
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Venezuela Opinion
The forgotten migrants of Venezuela
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
The lack of memory of Latin Americans explains why the region knows so little, and does less, about the situation of more than one million Venezuelan migrants who have arrived in our countries during the last five years.
An immature Constituent Assembly
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The Constituent Assembly convened by Maduro does not seek to forge a pact between opposing forces, but seeks to crush the opposition through an antidemocratic mechanism, which is also unconstitutional. The international community and even authentic Chavismo should oppose it.
21st century socialism, dictatorship or rebellion?
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
The Venezuelan government is advancing in its plan to dismantle the 1999 Bolivarian Constitution. And it is the 21st century rebels who defend democracy and human rights against the heirs of 21st century socialism who abdicated their democratic promise.
Madurazo
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
There were no tanks attacking the civil institutions, which characterized previous coups. But in Venezuela there was a coup d'état, which intends to be judicially legalized, but that nevertheless is a democratic rupture.
Venezuela, welcome to Colombia
By Mauricio Albarracín |
Our Venezuelan brothers and sisters are migrating to Colombia in search of a dignified life. The authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro is creating the worst humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
The progressive silence on Venezuela
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
As eloquent as the last OAS report on the extinction of democracy and human rights in Venezuela has been the silence of many progressive Latin American sectors, including human rights organizations.
Ready for the ICC?
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
A denunciation of the highest levels of the Venezuelan government before the ICC does not have, at least with the information available today, a solid legal foundation.
The Illegality of Venezuela’s Mass Deportations of Colombians
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
More than 1,000 Colombians have been deported simply for being Colombians in a certain area of Venezuela. According to the ILC, the collective deportation of foreigners is prohibited.
Welcome, Inter-American Commission
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
The de-financing of the IACHR is not an accident, but rather the most effective method of governments to block it or avoid its decisions.
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