Back-to-Back Scandals Lift Lid on Venezuela’s Judicial Corruption

By: Insight Crime February 27, 2024 In an unusual start to the year, Venezuelan authorities have charged, dismissed, and even arrested a series of judicial officials accused of corruption across…

ELN, Ex-FARC Mafia Drive Rising Cocaine Production in Zulia, Venezuela

By: Insight Crime February 20, 2024 A series of large-scale drug seizures at clandestine laboratories in a Venezuelan border state suggest the ELN and ex-FARC mafia are expanding cocaine processing…

Venezuela readies military while Guyana signs new oil contracts

By: Staff Writer February 16, 2024 Venezuela has been building up military personnel at the border with Guyana amid the ongoing dispute over the Essequibo region. The Venezuelan government also…

US hit Venezuela with more sanctions!

By: Staff Writer January 31, 2024 The United States reimposed sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector ealier this week after the South American country’s top court this past Friday upheld a…

Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on Recent Events in Venezuela

January 30, 2024 The recent actions of the Venezuelan dictatorship of prosecution and political imprisonment of opponents, especially those linked to the majority opposition leadership, have made it clear that…

Ali: “NO RETREAT” on Essequibo

By: Staff Writer December 15, 2023 President of Guyana, Dr Irfaan Ali, said after Thursday’s meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro that he has reiterated to CARICOM that as…

Ali and Maduro to meet in SVG over Essequibo dispute

By: Staff Writer December 12, 2023 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will meet with Guyana’s president, Dr Irfaan Ali, this coming Thursday to discuss ways to avoid Venezuela forcibly annexing the…

CARICOM Statement on Venezuela-Guyana Border Controversy

December 12, 2023 CARICOM Heads of Government met in caucus on Friday December 8 to discuss the situation with regard to the Venezuela Guyana border controversy and agreed to issue…

Venezuela 10m plus to invade Guyana’s Essequibo

By: Staff Writer December 5, 2023 Venezuelans this past Sunday voted overwhelmingly to reclaim the disputed Essequibo region with some 10.5m people coming out to support the Nicolas Maduro regime’s…

STATEMENT FROM THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE PROVISIONAL MEASURES ORDERED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) CONCERNING ARBITRAL AWARD OF 3 OCTOBER 1899 (GUYANA v VENEZUELA)

December 5, 2023 The International Court of Justice has today, 1 December 2023, ordered Venezuela not to take any action to challenge, disrupt or interfere with Guyana’s longstanding control and…

Is the ‘Pran’ System in Venezuela’s Prisons Finished?

By: Insight Crime November 21, 2023 The system that delegated power in Venezuela’s prisons to pranes, or criminal leaders, seems to be ending after a series of military takeovers of jails…

Venezuela blames Guyana for trying to stop vote on Essequibo

By: Staff Writer October 31, 2023 President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said that Guyana’s government filed an appeal before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, requesting that it…