Trade unions and human rights organizations bring Venezuela before the U.N. over denial of justice

The Daily Journal — A coalition of trade unions and human rights organizations has formally submitted an Individual Communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland. Through this legal action, the coalition accuses the Venezuelan state of systematically violating citizens’ rights to access justice and obtain an effective judicial remedy. The international […]

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Venezuela Under Simulacrum: The End of the Venezuelan Truman Show

Héctor Sánchez. Sociologist. — Venezuela today resembles an enormous recording studio more than a sovereign republic. Much like fictional Seahaven, we live beneath a glass dome where reality has given way to a meticulously orchestrated simulacrum: a hyperreality in which the political script comes first and shapes the facts. A 1998 film, viewed in retrospect, […]

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