It happened again: the Cuban regime broke yet another promise. Why is anyone surprised? At the end of former President Joe Biden’s term in the White House, his administration—following in the footsteps of former President Barack Obama—struck a deal with… Read More
Rep. Mark Green (TN-07) re-introduced a bipartisan Congressional Resolution denouncing the communist Cuban regime’s human trafficking, forced labor, and profiteering from its own medical personnel serving around the world. “We are standing up for Cuban healthcare workers to ensure they… Read More
The Biden administration just announced a deal to delist Cuba as a state sponsor of terror. In return, the communist regime will release more than 500 political prisoners whose only crimes are that they chose to peacefully stand against abject… Read More
Venezuelan President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia’s son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, was abducted by the Maduro regime on Tuesday, January 7. En route to drop off his children at school, Tudares was intercepted, forced into another vehicle, and then driven away. His whereabouts are… Read More
On December 10, Jesús Armas, a Venezuelan democracy activist, former Caracas city councilor, and one of the campaign managers for Edmundo González and María Corina Machado’s presidential campaign in the nation’s capital, was kidnapped by Nicolás Maduro’s and Diosdado Cabello’s… Read More
On November 30, 2024, Manuel de Jesús Guillén Esplugas died in a Cuban prison, officially attributed to asphyxiation from hanging. However, Manuel’s body and his clothes bore signs of torture, including muddy footprints and urine-soaked pants. In the video that… Read More
On Monday, December 2, the Latin America Program’s team participated at an open meeting at the Organization of American States to present a report on Transnational Repression. They were joined by the Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy (Coalición por… Read More
A few days ago in Madrid, I had the opportunity to meet with two independent Cuban journalists. They were in the city to offer a firsthand account of the grim realities on the island. As our conversation began, one of… Read More
In a groundbreaking new report, State Terrorism in Venezuela: Fear as a Political Instrument to Materialize Electoral Fraud, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and Realidad Helicoide document the Venezuelan regime’s new wave of political persecution, in response to the… Read More
VOC was honored to host a group of 47 students from across Latin America as part of the Youth and Democracy in the Americas Summit. These rising leaders from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and around the region listened to a series of… Read More
