Human Rights
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 00:00
Guillermo Zuloaga, owner of Globovision, was detained on a warrant charging him with making remarks "offensive" to the president.
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 00:00
El Comite de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas transmitio su preocupacion por la "lentitud en el avance" de la "tramitacion" de las causas judiciales iniciadas contra los "responsables" de la represion ejercida durante
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 00:00
El gobierno de Venezuela califico de "injerencia" en asuntos internos la "preocupacion" expresada por Estados Unidos tras la detencion del ex gobernador del Zulia, Oswaldo Álvarez Paz.
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 00:00
El embajador de Venezuela ante la Organizacion de Estados Americanos (OEA), Roy Chaderton, sostuvo este jueves que la Comision Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) "se autocriminaliza al cometer una vez mas el secuestro express de la verdad.&quo
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 00:00
We, again, urge the Venezuelan Government to honor its commitment under the Inter-American Democratic Charter, to uphold the principle that respect freedom and rights, including freedom of expression, is essential to representative democracies.
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 00:00
Las autoridades de Venezuela mantienen retenido en un aeropuerto en el norte del pais al presidente del canal de television opositor Globovision.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:00
A Venezuela opposition leader and one-time presidential candidate has been arrested after saying Venezuela facilitates drug-trafficking and alleging the government has links to armed, outlawed groups.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:00
Oswaldo Alvarez Paz said in a TV program that Venezuela has become a drug-trafficking hub. Opponents say his arrest is the latest effort by President Hugo Chavez's government to suppress dissent.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:00
The judge refused to release Oswaldo Alvarez Paz on grounds that he could flee the country and ordered him to remain in police custody at the headquarters of Venezuela's state intelligence service.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:00
The arrest was seen by critics of Mr. Chavez as a signal that the government is ratcheting up pressure on the president's political foes and the country's few remaining critical media outlets