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
Tag: Political prisoners
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
What We Know About the Venezuelan Prisoners Being Released
Official numbers don’t match reality. But some of those released are among the most powerful examples of torture and Sippenhaft
How the Rodríguez Regime Denies Medical Care to Political Prisoners
Another health crisis the State hides: dozens suffer from severe conditions, including cancer and diabetes, without any specialized care
The Chavista Habit of Breaking Lives for Propaganda
The three former police officers released last night after 23 years are the most eloquent example of how chavismo imprisons human beings to sustain a myth
Who’s Next in Delcy’s Blacklist?
A string of grim cases and troubling “coincidences” has put Maduro’s extravagant inquisitor in the hot seat
The Chain of Command That Concealed Víctor Hugo Quero's Death
Those responsible for protecting his life failed completely and maintained, for months, a silence that defies explanation. Here they are fully identified
A Mother's 16-Month Search for a Son the State Had Already Buried
While his mother searched alone, complicity across Venezuela's security forces and judicial system concealed the fate of political prisoner Víctor Quero for 16 months
The State Said Víctor Quero Was Alive
The Rodríguez regime will demand praise for acknowledging the detention and death in prison of a man, and the bureaucratic torture of his 83-year-old mother
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