Venezuela. Au-delà du show et de la guerre des “minitecas”

por violenciainstitucional | Mar 31, 2023 | 2019, Análisis, Años de análisis, Artículos, Français

8 mars 2019 | Keymer Ávila Selon le Dictionnaire de la Real Academia, la miniteca est un vénézuélianisme désignant un « groupe de personnes dont le travail est d’égayer une fête avec de la musique enregistrée » ou un « ensemble...

Acronyms are transitory, politics remains

por violenciainstitucional | Mar 31, 2023 | 2019, 2020, Análisis, Años de análisis, Artículos, English

July 23, 2022 | Keymer Ávila This July 14, the PNB Special Actions Force (FAES) celebrates five years of its public activation . Since its inception, this division has been accused by various organizations and institutional actors of committing serious...

Executed in their own homes

por violenciainstitucional | Mar 31, 2023 | 2018, Análisis, Años de análisis, Artículos, English

July 16, 2022 | Keymer Ávila A few weeks ago we published our most recent investigation. The FAES does not depend on anyone. Death as a currency , in which we try to reflect on the “FAES” phenomenon as a manifestation of...

FAES: Five Years Violating Human Rights and Counting

por violenciainstitucional | Mar 31, 2023 | 2014, 2015-2017, Análisis, Años de análisis, Artículos, English

An investigation shows how FAES, the deadly National Police division, has been violating human rights with impunity in its five years of existence June 3, 2022 | Keymer Ávila On July 14th, the Fuerzas de Acciones Especiales (FAES) of the National Police...

Abuse of lethal force most extreme in Venezuela

por violenciainstitucional | Mar 30, 2023 | 2018, Análisis, Años de análisis, Artículos, English

February 16, 2022 | Keymer Ávila The following lines are a synthesis of the main findings of a research on the use and abuse of lethal force in Venezuela, conducted in the framework of the second edition of the Lethal Force Monitor, a regional project consisting...

A Snapshot of Hell

por violenciainstitucional | Mar 30, 2023 | 2021, Análisis, Años de análisis, Artículos, English

October 8, 2021 | Manuel Llorens & Keymer Ávila This week, the video of an execution, followed by an audio clip of an officer explaining how to cover up the evidence, went viral on social media. The reaction shows how immoral our security forces are… and our...