By: Insight Crime September 5, 2023 As the 2024 presidential race gets underway in Venezuela, political violence by pro-government armed groups has intensified, in the latest iteration of a strategy…
Category: VENEZUELA
Venezuela’s Reliance on Contraband Food Risks Industry Collapse
By: Insight Crime August 29, 2023 Venezuela’s agriculture and drinks industries may be on the brink of collapse, business leaders warn, as domestic producers face insurmountable competition from a flood…
Disgrace on Venezuelan migrants in COVID-hold in Trinidad!
By: Staff Writer August 11, 2023 A lawyer for one of the formerly detained Venezuelan migrants at the Chaguaramas Heliport says it is a “disgrace” that the Trinidadian government has…
The Shattered Mafia Behind Criminal Chaos in Zulia, Venezuela
By: Insight Crime August 8, 2023 Over Carnival weekend, as families crowded into Maracaibo’s small, air-conditioned shops, gunmen got off their motorbikes, entered a butcher’s shop, and without uttering a…
Criminal Groups Ally With State Forces for Cattle Theft in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime August 1, 2023 An increase in cattle rustling across Venezuela has been driven by the joint involvement of public officials and criminal groups, with ranchers sounding the…
Rise of the Criminal Hybrid State in Venezuela
July 14, 2023 Is Venezuela now a hybrid state, where the line between governance and criminality has blurred, or even disappeared altogether? The start of this evolution can be traced…
Venezuela Security Policy: The Criminal Exploitation of the Migrant Crisis
July 11, 2023 Over the last decade, millions of Venezuelans have fled economic collapse and political turmoil, creating what is possibly the biggest migration crisis in the world. This exodus…
The Tancol: Venezuela’s Phantom Enemy
By: Insight Crime June 20, 2023 In Venezuela, the government is literally fighting a ghost. In mid-2021, a mysterious new criminal actor appeared in Venezuela. It became an obsession of…
How Grenades Became a Common Part of Venezuela’s Criminal Arsenal
By: Insight Crime June 13, 2023 Grenades like those usually seen on battlefields have become common weapons in Venezuela’s underworld, where criminal groups regularly use them in a wide range…
La Pista: Venezuelans Find Refuge in Colombian Desert
June 6, 2023 Maria leans on a wooden plank outside her shelter — a collection of corrugated metal, errant bricks, and plastic tarps salvaged from the ruins of an international…
Legal Status is needed for millions of Venezuelan migrants, but who will give it?
By: Staff Writer May 30, 2023 One of the largest humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere outside of the crisis in Haiti is that of the mass exodus of Venezuelans…