Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela Functions as International Criminal Organization, Report Finds
- Nicolás Maduro celebrated a disputed election victory in Caracas on July 28, 2024, amid allegations of fraud and irregularities.
- The CASLA Institute's 2024-2025 report attributes Maduro's power retention to electoral fraud and the regime's use of state institutions for repression and illicit enrichment.
- The report details how Maduro's regime collaborates with criminal networks like FARC and ELN, permits mega-gangs operating transnationally, and imposes severe human rights abuses including torture and forced disappearances.
- Tamara Suju stated that up to 1,700 people were imprisoned post-election under brutal conditions, with torture, suicide attempts, and clandestine 'torture houses' reflecting state policy to terrorize dissent.
- The report characterizes Venezuela as a transnational criminal and terrorist state, and calls on global actors to withhold recognition of the forthcoming elections, citing ongoing repression and concerns about their legitimacy.
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Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela functions as international criminal organization, report finds
Nicolás Maduro's regime has transformed Venezuela into an international criminal organization, using state institutions for internal repression, looting national resources and collaboration with organized crime networks.
Nicolás Maduro's Venezuela functions as international criminal organization, report finds
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates Caracas, Venezuela, after partial election results … #47;EPA-EFE ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, May 20 (UPI) … Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and … international actors like Cuba and Russia have played a key …
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