Maduro Threatens NGOs in Venezuela

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is keeping up its assault on civil society, this time focusing its attacks on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and threatening to put an end to nonprofit organizations, which continuously question the actions of the regime. In mid-January, the Venezuelan National Assembly, with a pro-regime majority, approved the Law for the Control, Regularization, Performance, and Financing of Nongovernmental and Related Organizations which, civil society representatives say, seeks to “annihilate” NGOs. According to Spanish daily El País, the regime has been debating for years various legal instruments to limit or bankrupt Venezuelan NGOs, dating back to the time of Hugo Chávez. NGOs have been known to closely monitor the violations and excesses of the regime in matters such as human rights, transparency, corruption, environmental management, freedom of expression, and much more. By Nelza Oliveira. Full Text -> Diálogo

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