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Bolivarian National Guard

Branch of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela

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Dec 18, 2025

Maduro crimes

United Nations and major rights groups report that Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro has overseen widespread, systematic repression that independent investigators say may amount to crimes again...

Jan 16, 2026

is it true maduro tortured and killed his own people?

Independent international investigators, major NGOs and multiple governments report credible, consistent evidence that Venezuelan security forces under Nicolás Maduro have committed killings, torture ...

Jan 10, 2026

What are the documented human-rights abuses and prosecutions associated with the Maduro regime?

Documented abuses under Nicolás Maduro’s government include widespread extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, torture, sexual violence, enforced disappearances and systematic restrictions on fre...

Jan 8, 2026

How have human rights been impacted in Venezuela during Maduro's presidency?

Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro has seen a sustained and widening assault on civil and political rights—characterised by arbitrary detentions, repression of dissent, and a dismantling of democratic che...

Jan 5, 2026

Is Maduro really a dictator or was he a good governor for Venezuela?

Nicolás Maduro’s twelve-plus years in power are documented by multiple international outlets as a transition from contested, electoral rule to a closed, repressive regime: international observers, reg...

Jan 5, 2026

Which Venezuelan security forces or agencies have been implicated in migrant smuggling or human rights abuses?

United Nations investigators, Human Rights Watch and U.S. reporting have repeatedly implicated core Venezuelan security institutions — most prominently the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), parts of th...

Jan 4, 2026

maduro human rights violation

A wide body of international reporting and official investigations conclude that Nicolás Maduro’s government has overseen widespread and severe human rights violations—including arbitrary detentions, ...

Jan 3, 2026

What role do Venezuelan security forces and international partners play in recent seizure increases?

Venezuelan security forces — particularly the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) and related state bodies — have been the primary agents of an intensified campaign of detentions, raids and property seizu...