Víctor Hugo Quero Case Highlights Failures in the Justice and Prison Systems

For Carmen Teresa Navas, it was enough to gather the strength to find out where her son was. After finding him dead, sadness, helplessness, and perhaps rage seemed to have drained the health from her 82-year-old body. José Gregorio Yépez She was not looking for culprits. She was only looking for her son. In that […]

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Opportunity, New Political Moment, or Transition?

Américo Briceño Dos Santos, political scientist and university professor In a social context that continues to resign vast sectors of Venezuelan society to a relative deprivation of their material conditions, and with political violence shaping the social order—becoming somatized in bodies and undermining the collective mood—the civic spirit shifts its horizon of expectations from the […]

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 What Can Venezuela Do with the International Monetary Fund?

The Daily Journal.-  The  recognition  by  the  multilateral  institution  opens  doors  for  Venezuela  to  emerge  from  its  economic crisis, but it also leaves many questions unanswered.  José Gregorio Yépez Mentioning  the  International  Monetary  Fund  (IMF)  frightens  some  people,  while  others  see  it  as  an  opportunity.  For  younger  generations,  it  is  probably  something  new,  unfamiliar  —  […]

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Repeal or Reform the “Anti-Hate” Law: An Unfinished Matter?

The Daily Journal.-  The  law  leaves  a  grim  record  after  nine  years  in  force:  at  least  113  detentions  and  acts  of  harassment,  according  to  data  from  Espacio  Público.  The  president  of  the  National  Assembly,  Jorge  Rodríguez,  hinted  at  the  possibility  of  a  reform,  but  national  and  international  organizations are calling for its repeal. Vanessa Davies […]

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