How Chavismo Used Sexual Torture Against Dissidents
From rape threats to genital shocks, the UN ditches the euphemisms surrounding abuse against male, female and LGBTQ+ political prisoners
Torture à la Chavista: Chained, Suspended and Confined in Buried Tanks
The plight of officials linked to Maduro’s ouster and testimonies about subterranean cells point to a persisting, systematic use of torture in Venezuela, even in 2026
How Chavismo Covers Up the Murder of a Policeman
Days after Maduro’s ouster, PNB veteran Edison Torres died with signs of physical trauma missing from his death certificate. Authorities chose not to probe anything
How Medical Neglect Killed Alfredo Díaz in a Venezuelan Cell
The State deprived a former governor of medical care despite clear warning signs
You Have the Right to Know
Today is International Day for the Universal Access to Information: a noble UN goal that doubles as a sinister joke to Venezuelans living in the dark under a dictatorship that wants them not to know.
Tienes derecho a saber
El Día mundial de Acceso a la Información se conseguirá en Venezuela con una de las peores deudas de su historia: los ciudadanos se mueven a oscuras ante una dictadura opaca.
Do you know the Sánchez twins?
Chavismo lies. It also supports torture, disappearances, arbitrary arrests and mock trials.
Bakers Must Work with a Cold Metal Rifle to their Heads
There are more chavistas controlling, restricting, overseeing and threatening other people’s productive work than there are chavistas actually working and producing themselves.
The wounds of #12F
Three years after #12F, we've aged at least a decade.
What the conflict takes from us
There is no handbook for riding out a dictatorship. We demand our politicians give us certainties nobody can give, then attack them when they refuse to lie to us.
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