By Admin Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) deplored the violent deaths of several prisoners in the Capital Region Penitentiary of Yare I and urged the Venezuelan government to take the necessary steps to prevent the recurrence of such events.
In a statement, the IACHR voiced concern about these events and expressed solidarity with the families of dead inmates.
By Admin Thursday, March 11, 2010
The US government criticized on Thursday in its annual report on human rights the restrictions on freedom of expression, assembly and association, among others, in Venezuela, Cuba, and to some extent in Colombia.
With regard to Venezuela, the US report said that the “politicization of the judiciary and official harassment and intimidation of the political opposition and the media intensified during 2009.”
Venezuela is more and more isolated within the OASBy Admin Saturday, March 6, 2010
A Christian Democrat, like his Venezuelan counterpart Roy Chaderton used to be, Panama’s Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Guillermo Cochez considers that the good days of the government of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez in the organization are over. Cochez clashed with his Venezuelan counterpart during the session of Wednesday, March 3 at the OAS Permanent Council. That same day, the Argentinean ambassador took distance from Venezuela in relation to Chaderton’s criticism of a report prepared by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the Venezuelan state of affairs.
Venezuela on verge of collapseBy Admin Friday, March 5, 2010
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, now should be the object of pity. He has boxed himself in, trapped by his own hubris. His country is falling apart. How, for example, did Venezuela find itself plagued with electricity shortages so severe that the government imposed blackouts nationwide for several hours each day? After all, Venezuela has among the world’s largest oil and natural gas reserves.
Is Venezuela Too Dangerous?By Admin Thursday, March 4, 2010
Being so close to Venezuela, here in Barranquilla Colombia, I’ve thought about traveling to one of the Venezuelan cities that’s closest to the Colombian boarder. The one that made the most sense for me was Maracaibo Venezuela. From Barranquilla, Maracaibo is only about an 8 hour bus ride, but the entire time I’ve remained undecided because of safety concerns.
Seized files show Venezuelan tie to ETA and FARCBy Admin Thursday, March 4, 2010
WASHINGTON — An investigation triggered by the contents of computer files captured during a raid on a guerrilla camp in Ecuador has now suggested a Venezuelan link between the ETA terrorist organization in Spain and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. A Spanish court’s decision to indict 13 Spaniards and Colombians as a result of that investigation should shame those who questioned the validity of the computer files at the time of the raid.
Pastrana asks Chávez for an explanationBy Admin Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana asked Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for an explanation about the charges made by Eloy Velasco, the judge of the Spanish National Court, on the alleged “government cooperation” provided by the Venezuelan government to ETA and the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), including a plot to kill Pastrana and current Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, news agency Europa Press quoted.
Venezuela willing to improve relations with UribeBy Admin Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicolás Maduro said that the government of his country is studying the proposal made by the “Group of Friends,” which includes Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic and Mexico, with the aim of improving diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Colombia.
By Admin Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Caracas - Venezuela rejected as “unacceptable” the accusations of a Spanish judge who said there was evidence of Venezuela cooperating with an alliance of the militant Basque separatist group ETA and leftist Colombian rebels. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry issued a statement late Monday in which it denounced that the charges formulated by National Court judge Eloy Velasco had “a political nature and motivation” to target the government of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
President Chávez calls IACHR report “ineffable, ignominious”By Admin Friday, February 26, 2010
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez termed “ineffable, ignominious” a report released by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), according to which, his government applies “serious restrictions” on human rights in the country.
“It is another report of the ineffable IACHR.” “It is a real hotchpotch. It is shameful,” Chávez said during a long press conference, Efe reported.
