On December 6, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 5349, the Crucial Communism Teaching Act. Authored by Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL), this bipartisan bill makes curricular materials available through the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) to… 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
Every November, the free world recognizes Victims of Communism Day, remembering the dreadful consequences that followed the Bolshevik takeover of Russia on November 17, 1917. Communism’s grisly crimes are vast and well-documented, and there is no single country with more victims… Read More
On Tuesday, November 19, VOC’s Latin American Programs Officer, Ana Leca, and Director of Government Relations, Karina Lipsman, were featured guests on a panel for The Heritage Foundation’s Iron Ladies Network. VOC partnered with the Heritage Foundation in their effort… Read More
Vladimir Kara-Murza is a historian, dissident, and until recently, a prisoner of conscience in Russia. Watch as Kara-Murza sits down with Dr. Eric Patterson at the VOC Museum in a new Profiles in Freedom Witness Project episode to discuss his… 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
On Thursday, November 7, students interning at The Heritage Foundation toured the VOC Museum to explore the deadly history of communism. After exploring the museum, students attended a lecture on the founding leaders and enduring legacy of communism, from VOC… Read More
Recently at a conference in Madrid, Elisa Trotta, former ambassador of the Venezuelan government in exile in Argentina, said something incredibly poignant: “In Venezuela, time is measured in victims.” It was an expression of pain, one that describes life under the… Read More
Each year on November 7, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation marks National Day for the Victims of Communism to remember those who have suffered and died at the hands of communist regimes in the past, and to stand for… Read More
