Human Rights Watch Report: Punished for Protesting

Yesterday, Human Rights Watch released a report on the situation in Venezuela titled “Punished for Protesting”. The report states that some Continue reading →

April 29: Fair Prices

Today, the Superintendencia Nacional de Defensa de los Derechos Socio-Economicos (SUNDDE) [The National Superintendency for the Defence of Socio-Economic Rights] released a Continue reading →

April 26: To the Supreme Court!

There was a big demonstration today that headed to the supreme court building in Caracas in order to protest the Continue reading →

April 25: Indoctrination

This week, protests started taking place against “Resolucion 058”, a government initiative to hold consultations with schools, students and parents Continue reading →

April 24: Peaceful Protests Banned

  The Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (Supreme Court) has just ruled the the right to peaceful protest, as guaranteed by the Constitution, Continue reading →

April 23: #SOSVenezuela

The biggest news of the day was an announced public transit fare increase of 40%. The fares will not shoot up Continue reading →

April 22: Closed Doors

Courtesy of Horacio Siciliano, a Venezuelan student and photographer, some more pictures of the demonstration that shut down the Prados Continue reading →

April 18: Chacao

While things throughout the country have calmed considerably over the last few days, confrontations continue to take place between demonstrators Continue reading →