Luis Peche and Yendri Velasquez survived after being shot by hit men. But the message is clear: Colombia is not safe for Venezuelan dissidents
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize acknowledges the historic achievement of comanditos—60,000 grassroots teams that safeguarded electoral records across Venezuela to expose Maduro’s fraud in 2024
Many tried to find a pragmatic meaning in the award for María Corina Machado amid economic hardship and state surveillance. Fear ultimately muted celebrations
On Monday, opposition activists Luis Peche and Yendri Velásquez were shot multiple times in Bogotá. Both had fled Venezuela after the 2024 post-election crackdown.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee remembers:
“Despite the risk of harassment, arrest and torture, citizens across the country held watch over the polling stations.
“They made sure the final tallies were documented before the regime could destroy ballots and lie about the outcome.”
Along with four fellow soldiers, dissident Ronald Ojeda managed to escape from custody in Venezuela and fled to Chile, where he was kidnapped and killed a year ago
Trump already made the Nobel Peace Prize all about him. The opposition leader is playing along to soothe him. Here are two scenarios of what may come next
It’s not every day your country earns a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, much less one currently forced to hide in a safe house
If Washington is truly willing to target top figures in the Maduro regime, what risks and internal debates could shape the decision?
Chavismo’s reign of terror is also built on the systematic arrest of foreign nationals as bargaining chips, the UN notes. A practice that foreign countries seem unable to counter
Maduro seeks negotiations while playing the victim. Cabello portrays himself as a stubborn anti-Yankee bent on sowing fear. And for now, Trump only offers a serialized show for the criollo hawks and the MAGA crowd
