OLPs: The Rebranding of a Human Rights Black Mark
The so called “Operaciones de Liberación del Pueblo” are just old fashioned police raids. A new HRW/PROVEA reports detail the abuses committed in their name.
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A Decade Since the War on the Poor
When economic collapse and a legitimacy crisis ensued, Maduro launched the “Operations for the People’s Liberation” on July 2015, claiming to address rising crime and homicides.
What followed was a systematic policy of extermination in low-income neighborhoods—what we’ve called the War on the Poor—which left at least 12,000 deaths. Below are some works that explore the history and consequences of a brutal era 👇
Bullet-marks on the Wall: How the OLP Shattered Nancy’s Life
If you’re poor in Venezuela, the police can just enter your home, execute your teenage kid and walk out, facing zero scrutiny from anyone. It happened to Nancy. She told exactly how.
Who’s Rooting for Maduro’s Social Cleansing?
While foreign governments, NGOs and UN organizations condemn the extrajudicial killings and impose sanctions, the Venezuelan population still believes in the iron fist speech, to Maduro’s advantage
FAES: Five Years Violating Human Rights and Counting
An investigation shows how FAES, the deadly National Police division, has been violating human rights with impunity in its five years of existence
As Petare Rises Up, FAES Wages War On The Poor
Genuinely harrowing stories are coming out of Petare, Caracas’s biggest shantytown. As the poor begin to protest, the National Police’s death squad —FAES— has launched an unprecedented rampage.
Powerful Mothers Fight Extrajudicial Executions in Venezuela
This grieving group of women organized to force the Venezuelan State to answer for the extrajudicial executions of their sons, husbands, and brothers—and, hopefully, put a stop to this horrific practice
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