Millions have already fled Venezuela in a humanitarian crisis that’s being compared with Syria. Global Insight assesses the impact of the beleaguered economy, the political tensions and the challenges that lie ahead. For Venezuelans, it’s hard to imagine how things could get much worse. The economy’s in tatters, with inflation reaching 80,000 per cent in […]
A human rights activist says the humanitarian crisis can only be resolved with steady pressure from a broad international coalition. Beatriz “Bibi” Borges is the director of the Center for Justice and Peace (CEPAZ), a Caracas-based human rights organization that was founded in response to mounting human rights abuses by the Chávez-Maduro regime. In a […]
CEPAZ is a partner organization of the Kota Alliance, and as such, it is sponsored by the Anna-Riitta and Fritz Fuchs Fund for Reproductive Health. CEPAZ advocates for women’s rights in Venezuela and provides menstrual hygiene products and contraceptives for refugee women. One of the organizations in their network, Red Naranja Venezuela, fights to decrease […]
La actual crisis de migrantes y refugiados venezolanos no tiene precedentes en la región. Para el momento de la publicación de este informe (junio de 2019), al menos 4 millones de venezolanos han huido del país, lo que representa poco más de 13% de la población total de la nación. A nivel mundial, solo Siria […]
Este miércoles, 19 de junio, llegó la Alta Comisionada de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (Oacdh), Michelle Bachelet, para una visita al país de tres días. En su corta estadía sostendrá reuniones con actores del gobierno de Nicolás Maduro, el presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Juan Guaidó, integrantes de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente (ANC), […]