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What Does the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Mean for Venezuela?
November 17, 2020 | Moises Rendon, Claudia Fernandez The Responsibility to Protect doctrine is often discussed in the case of Venezuela, where, according to a recent UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission, the Maduro regime is engaged in human rights violations that amount to crimes against humanity.

Commentary
Venezuela’s Ecocide Needs International Attention
July 30, 2020 | Cristina Vollmer Burelli The Maduro regime is promoting a gold rush that is devastating the country's Amazon.

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Illegal Mining in Venezuela: Death and Devastation in the Amazonas and Orinoco Regions
April 16, 2020 | Moises Rendon, Linnea Sandin, Claudia Fernandez The CSIS Future of Venezuela Initiative explores the devastating effects of illegal mining in Southern Venezuela on human rights, the environment, and security.

Commentary
Fuel Shortages during Covid-19 in Venezuela
April 8, 2020 | Moises Rendon, Margarita R. Seminario, Claudia Fernandez Combined with the country's ill-equipped health care system to combat Covid-19, fuel shortages are making life harder for Venezuela. The international community should play a more active role.

Commentary
A Democratic Transition in Venezuela Requires the Inclusion of Women
April 3, 2020 | Margarita R. Seminario, Arianna Kohan As experience in previous transition processes shows, when more women are represented in government, states have much higher levels of stability, security, and economic and social inclusion—all which Venezuela currently lacks.

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Venezuelan Elections Must Include the Diaspora
March 27, 2020 | Margarita R. Seminario The CSIS Americas Program argues that for transitional elections to be free and fair in Venezuela, they will need to include the diaspora.

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Venezuela Needs Help to Combat COVID-19
March 20, 2020 | Moises Rendon While Venezuelans brace themselves for the COVID-19, the international community must stay engaged. Without swift, coordinated, and apolitical international assistance, the consequences of the virus can be catastrophic.

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Femicides in Mexico: Impunity and Protests
March 19, 2020 | Linnea Sandin The rate of femicide continues to rise in Mexico, and the AMLO administration is struggling to address it.

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From Crisis to Inclusion: The Story of Venezuela’s Women
March 4, 2020 | Arianna Kohan, Moises Rendon Conflicts inherently affect women and men differently, and the Venezuelan crisis has had significant impacts on female Venezuelans inside and outside the country.

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Anti-Corruption in the Americas: What Works?
February 25, 2020 | Mark L. Schneider In recent weeks and months, two of the most effective entities in countering institutional corruption and criminal networks in two of the weakest states in the region, Guatemala and Honduras, have been forced to end their operations.

Commentary
Free and Fair Presidential Elections in Venezuela Are Overdue
February 18, 2020 | Moises Rendon Though Venezuela is constitutionally required to hold legislative elections by December 2020, only presidential elections can contribute to solving the ongoing constitutional crisis, influence sanctions policy, or alleviate the suffering of the Venezuelan people.

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Maduro Locked out Legislators-and Opened Door for Global Action for Democracy
January 17, 2020 | Mark L. Schneider Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro brazenly seized the country’s freely elected National Assembly last week, physically barring most elected legislators from entering the building. The move may have backfired.

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