Venezuelans clash with police after disputed election result
Security forces in Venezuela have fired tear gas and rubber bullets against people protesting over Sunday’s disputed election result. Thousands of people descended on central Caracas on Monday evening, some walking for miles from slums on the mountains surrounding the city, towards the presidential palace. Protests erupted in the Venezuelan capital the day after President […]
Court postpones sentencing of convicts in Venezuelan Ambassador Olga Fonseca’s murder
The much-anticipated sentencing of Venezuelan diplomat Dwight Sagaray and three Kenyans convicted for the murder of the Venezuelan Ambassador Olga Fonseca has been postponed to March 31, 2023. The sentencing was expected on Friday, March 10, but Judge Roselyn Korir pushed it to the new date after probation officers failed to file a victims impact […]
Venezuela prison riot leaves 47 dead, 75 wounded
A prison riot has left at least 47 dead and 75 wounded in western Venezuela, a country where NGOs and inmates’ families regularly denounce unsanitary conditions, violence and overcrowding behind bars. The Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) rights group provided the figures for the riot, which happened Friday afternoon at the Los Llanos prison center in […]