Venezuela has reached the limits of civility, politics, and diplomacy. An election that the United Nations and the Carter Center said lacked both transparency and integrity was held on July 28. Opposition candidate Edmundo González beat the socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro in a landslide. Almost… Read More
One month after Venezuela’s fraudulent elections, many are asking, what happens now? Former U.S. diplomat Thomas Shannon recently stated that Venezuela is facing two possible futures: the Ortega Model and the Romanian Model. The first model would result in… Read More
Democracy won the election and the socialist dictatorship lost, but Venezuelans have to make the results stick, writes VOC’s David Smolansky.
August 23rd is Black Ribbon Day—a day to remember injustice and to call for our vigilance against similar patterns of state terrorism and ethno-religious oppression. This date became known as ‘Black Ribbon Day’ to commemorate the date in 1939 of the… Read More
August 23 marks two of the most decisive moments in my nation’s history. August 23, 1939 is remembered as the day that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact divided Europe between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. In my home of Estonia, this day… Read More
According to a recent report by Transparencia Electoral, of the supposedly 800 electoral observers or international missions that participated in the recent Venezuelan electoral process, only the identities of 100 people could be confirmed, and even less than that delivered on… Read More
In a joint op-ed with U.S. Representative Michelle Steel in the Washington Times, VOC’s Dr. Eric Patterson argues that the United States must immediately take action to protect an innocent man from religious persecution by the Communist Party of Vietnam…. Read More
Venezuela should honor the will of its people—and it’s time for the free world to demand that Maduro steps down, argues VOC’s Dr. Patterson in World Magazine. As Dr. Patterson writes, “just when many Americans thought they could take a break… Read More
Writing in the National Review, VOC’s Hernán Alberro explores the strategic need for the United States and the rest of the democratic world to pay more attention to Latin America — as China, Russia, and Iran continue to maintain an… Read More
VOC’s President and CEO, Dr. Eric Patterson, co-authored an op-ed with former governor and U.S. senator from Kansas Sam Brownback, on the plight of the Venezuelan people as they strive to restore democracy in their country. As the authors write, “when… Read More
