As of 2025, Venezuela continues to be one of the countries with the highest number of political prisoners in the Western Hemisphere. Under the authoritarian…
Luis Carlos Díaz On July 8, 2025, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued two arrest warrants against the top leaders of the Taliban regime in…
In April 2025, Maduro appointed his former sister-in-law Laura Guerra Angulo as the new president of the Central Bank of Venezuela, thus reinforcing the monetary…
The municipal elections scheduled in Venezuela for late 2025 are already shaping up to be yet another episode of the authoritarian control exercised by Nicolás…
“Hostage diplomacy” has been used by several countries and organizations to influence the political and economic decisions of other governments. It is not a new…
By Luis Carlos Díaz Threats increase while international funding is reduced, diplomatic missions deployed in Caracas support fewer initiatives or prefer more superficial issues, and…
The electoral day of May 25, 2025, in Venezuela has confirmed what numerous national organizations have warned: Nicolás Maduro’s regime continues to use electoral processes…
This week, AlertaVenezuela shares some reflections from Luis Carlos Díaz, a human rights defender following the Venezuela I case, who explains in a simple and…
Political persecution in Venezuela is neither sporadic nor does it respond to certain circumstances. It is systematic, with intervals of lesser or greater intensity depending…
The government of Nicolás Maduro has called for elections in May 2025 in a deeply undemocratic political context, where civil and political rights are systematically…