Amnesty International has warned that forced disappearances in Venezuela have escalated following the presidential elections ...

Esculturas de porcelana de ángeles caídos, con las alas rotas. El vandalizado mausoleo del gran hombre de las letras, Rómulo ...

UN secretary-general 'reiterates that he is deeply concerned about reports of the arbitrary detention of opposition figures, ...

Venezuela can’t pay to import goods – such as food or medicine – because the government is strapped for cash after years of mismanagement, heavy spending on poorly run government programs ...

Venezuela's government has asked staff from the United Nations' human rights body to leave the country within three days, saying it will conduct a revision of its cooperation with the organization ...

Venezuela: UN Rights Council Should Renew Experts’ Mandate. Reports September 22, 2011 Report Keeping the Momentum. One Year in the Life of the UN Human Rights Council.

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly on Tuesday declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, persona non grata, criticizing the U.N. official for ...

Venezuela’s government was accused of committing crimes against humanity in a report published Wednesday by a United Nations-backed fact-finding mission.. After investigating 223 cases of ...

The UN said Nothing About Current Food Shortages at Venezuelan Markets June 17, 2013— -- Despite going through food shortages that are so severe that people line up for hours outside ...

Should Venezuela win the Security Council seat, it is likely to stand up for those U.S. enemies. During his 14-year tenure, Chávez was a leading U.S. antagonist and Maduro has maintained that policy.

Venezuela’s competing leaders — Guaido heads the National Assembly while Maduro succeeded the late President Hugo Chavez in 2013 — are vying for support in the streets and the military.

“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the publication of the so-called ‘Preliminary Report’ by the Electoral Expert Panel of the United Nations, which disseminates a ...