A chronological record of Venezuela's political news
Repression, persecution and human rights violations in Venezuela.
The UN Human Rights Council extended on October 6, 2026, for two years the mandate of its independent fact-finding mission on Venezuela, by 25 votes to 5 with 17 abstentions. Its latest report says the repression apparatus remains in place after Maduro's fall; Venezuela's delegation opposed the renewal.
Voluntad Popular recounts the life of Edmundo “Pipo” Rada, its community leader in Petare, who disappeared on October 16, 2019, and was found burned and shot, a killing the party and his family attribute to his political activism.
Macarena González, daughter of Voluntad Popular leader and former Barquisimeto mayor Macario González, 73, denounced on Saturday his enforced disappearance after he was last seen on September 12, and demanded proof of life.
Rafael Del Rosario, coordinator of Voluntad Popular Colombia, met on Friday with UN officer Julia Pimentel at the High Commissioner’s office in Colombia and denounced enforced disappearances in Venezuela, including the case of José Riera.
Voluntad Popular said on Tuesday that activist José Riera, detained without a warrant on July 26 near the Millenium shopping center in Caracas, has been a victim of enforced disappearance for 30 days, and held Nicolás Maduro responsible.
VenAmérica urged the international community and Brazil's foreign minister, as custodian of Argentina's embassy in Caracas, to enforce safe-conduct for the Venezuelans granted asylum there, citing the 1954 Caracas Convention on Diplomatic Asylum.
