New research from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) analyzing a leaked, full copy of the confidential audit of Volkswagen’s controversial factory in Xinjiang, China, shows that key statements made about the audit were false or misleading. According to analysis by… Read More
VOC Academic Council member F. Flagg Taylor writes for The Dispatch on the the 50th anniversary of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “The Gulag Archipelago” a monumental work of history, politics, and literature. Read Taylor’s piece below: Can there be a duty to… Read More
Representative Mark Green (TN-07) introduced a bipartisan resolution denouncing Cuban human trafficking to call out Cuba’s medical brigades. VOC’s President and CEO Dr. Eric Patterson is quoted in the press release saying: “Cuba’s so-called ‘Medical Brigades’ are an affront to… Read More
VOC Senior Fellow David Smolansky was quoted by the Washington Post Editorial Board on Maduro’s crimes in Venezuela. As the Editorial Board writes, “Nearly a year ago, the Biden administration saw an opening for democracy in Venezuela, easing some sanctions… Read More
VOC and the Foundation for Economic Education hosted a cohort of students from across the United States for a tour of the Victims of Communism Museum and a fireside chat on the ongoing Venezuelan struggle for freedom. After visiting VOC’s new temporary gallery… Read More
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
On July 28, 2024, the Venezuelan people went to the polls. All accounts point to a resounding defeat of socialist authoritarian Nicolás Maduro by opposition candidate Edmundo González. Unwilling to relinquish power, Maudro falsely claimed victory and began cracking down… 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
VOC President and CEO Dr. Eric Patterson joined Jan Jekielek on American Thought Leaders to discuss Venezuela’s flawed elections and Latin America’s ‘Axis of Evil.’ Watch the full conversation on the Epoch Times here.