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Venezuela's Acting President Reviews Human Rights Projects with Ombudsman

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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  • Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, met with the Ombudsman, Eglée González, to review human rights projects.
  • Rodríguez stated these projects align with Venezuela's "new moment" and aim to address the rights of the Venezuelan people.
  • The meeting follows a period of political transition in Venezuela, including the release of political prisoners and an amnesty law, though human rights organizations continue to report violations.

Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced on Monday that she held a meeting with Ombudsman Eglée González to discuss human rights projects. Rodríguez described the initiatives as "extraordinary" and stated they are tailored to Venezuela's "new moment" and its "rebirth."

Speaking alongside González in a video shared on Telegram, Rodríguez expressed confidence that these projects would "revitalize" human rights in the country. She asserted that "human rights are the compass that guides the actions of the Venezuelan State." This statement comes after Rodríguez declared a "new political moment" in January, following the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. troops during a military operation in Caracas.

We have just finished an extraordinary meeting with Dr. Eglée González, the Ombudsman, who has extraordinary projects that adapt to this new moment that Venezuela is experiencing, this rebirth of Venezuela, projects aimed at addressing the rights of the Venezuelan people.

· Delcy RodríguezDescribing her meeting with the Ombudsman and the human rights projects discussed.

Since January, the Venezuelan government has ordered the release of political prisoners, and Parliament approved an amnesty law benefiting over 8,500 individuals, though many were already under restricted liberty. Despite these measures, non-governmental organizations have consistently reported human rights violations in Venezuela, citing political detentions, poor living conditions, and restrictions on civic space and press freedom.

Human rights are the compass that guides the actions of the Venezuelan State.

· Delcy RodríguezStating the guiding principle for the Venezuelan state's actions.

Amnesty International's 2025 report highlighted the ongoing impunity for "crimes against humanity" and noted the persistence of "practically total impunity" for human rights violations. The report also detailed continued allegations of forced disappearances of individuals detained in 2024 and 2025.

However, Amnesty International recently held human rights workshops in Venezuela with NGOs, focusing on building a human rights agenda for the country's transition. Erika Guevara Rosas, AI's Senior Director of Research, Campaigns, Policy, and Advocacy, emphasized the need for a more strategic approach to human rights defense, intertwined with the pursuit of justice and conditions for a transformative transition that guarantees non-repression.

We are entering a new phase. A phase in which the defense of human rights must be articulated even more strategically, with the search for justice and with the necessary conditions for a transition. A transition that cannot be solely political, but must be profoundly transformative and a guarantor of non-repression.

· Erika Guevara RosasAmnesty International's Senior Director of Research, Campaigns, Policy, and Advocacy speaking at a human rights event in Venezuela.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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