Venezuela Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/venezuela/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:51:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Venezuela Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/venezuela/ 32 32 59910430 UPDATE: Carlos Correa located and released from prison https://concernedscientists.org/2025/01/update-carlos-correa-located-and-released-from-prison/ Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:51:06 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10486 After being forcibly detained in an undisclosed location, Carlos Correa has been released from where he was being held at a detention center in Caracas: Read more on espacio publico

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]]> 10486 Venezuelan professor and human rights activist abducted https://concernedscientists.org/2025/01/venezuelan-professor-and-human-rights-activist-abducted/ Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:57:11 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10483 Carlos Correa, a renowned professor and researcher at the Human Rights Center of the Andrés Bello Catholic University and Executive Director of the NGO, Espacio Público, was abducted on January 7th by alleged state officials who forced him into an unmarked vehicle, and he has not been seen since. The Committee is concerned and asks […]

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]]> 10483 Professor of Law Rocío San Miguel, internationally known Venezuelan human rights activist, arrested for conspiracy https://concernedscientists.org/2024/02/professor-of-law-rocio-san-miguel-internationally-known-venezuelan-human-rights-activist-arrested-for-conspiracy/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:03:20 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10166 Professor of Law Rocío San Miguel, internationally known Venezuelan human rights activist, has been arrested and imprisoned on unsubstantiated charges of conspiracy. CCS is demanding her immediate and unconditional release. https://aulaabiertavenezuela.org/index.php/2024/02/13/detencion-de-la-profesora-y-defensora-de-derechos-humanos-rocio-san-miguel-vulnera-tambien-la-libertad-academica-y-la-democracia/?emci=a8edaf73-45cc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=b6d05451-4ccc-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=11750272 https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/02/15/fuerzas-venezuela-allanan-la-casa-de-la-activista-rocio-san-miguel-orix/ https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/perfil-rocio-san-miguel-defensora-de-ddhh-de-alto-perfil/7484309.html

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]]> 10166 65 Year Old Venezuelan Economist, Professor Santiago Guevara,  Arrested for Articles Critical of Government Policies  https://concernedscientists.org/2017/05/65-year-old-venezuelan-economist-professor-santiago-guevara-arrested-for-articles-critical-of-government-policies/ Sun, 07 May 2017 17:17:28 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6039 Professor Santiago Guevara, a 65 year-old Venezuelan Economist, was served a summons by representatives of the Directorate of Military Counterintelligence on February 21st.  He was instructed to report on February 23rd to DGCIM where he was charged before a  military court with “treason,” “incitement to rebellion,” and crimes against the “security and independence of the […]

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]]> 6039 Doctor’s Estimate About Epidemic Leads to Threat of Terrorist Charge https://concernedscientists.org/2014/10/doctors-estimate-about-epidemic-leads-to-threat-of-terrorist-charge/ Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:44:03 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3788 Doctors in Venezuela warned that an outbreak of a mosquito-borne disease in Venezuela could lead to a wider epidemic, as it had in other South American nations. The government accused one doctor of “psychological terrorism” and threatened him with prosecution, forcing him to flee the country. Representatives of the medical profession characterized the threats as […]

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]]> 3788 Venezuelan scientists terminated https://concernedscientists.org/2009/12/venezuelan-scientists-terminated/ Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:35:05 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=647 Dr. Reinaldo Di Polo, a physiologist, and Dr. Gioconda San Blas, a microbiologist, were distinguished scientists at the Centro de Biofisica y Bioquimica (IVIC) in Caracas. IVIC faculty retire after 30 years of service and then take part in the Permanence in Research Activities (PLI) program, a program that has been in place for decades. […]

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]]> 647 Venezuela: physicists forced out for ideological reasons https://concernedscientists.org/2009/07/venezuela-physicists-forced-out-for-ideological-reasons/ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:29:29 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=687 These actions are believed to be part of initiatives by the Government to curtail the independence and resources of the science establishment of Venezuela. Inexperienced professionals with little scientific experience have been appointed to positions of authority, according to ACFIMAN, resources to universities and research centers are cut, and support of proposals is distributed according […]

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