- World Report 2024: Venezuela (hrw.org)
Venezuelans continued to suffer repression and a humanitarian crisis. More than 270 political prisoners are behind bars. About 19 million people are in need, unable to access adequate health care and nutrition. More than 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled the country, generating one of the largest migration crises in the world.
We don’t want to be Venezuela. We don’t want to be another country where people don’t trust the elections, where there’s really no reason to go vote if you don’t know if the integrity of the elections is good. And I think in these states where you have all these mail-in ballots, where you don’t have a photo ID and you don’t know for sure who’s voting, and on top of that, you don’t even verify signatures. You’ve got a real problem having any credibility in your elections and that harms democracy.
Ken Paxton in an interview with Brietbart News (9 March 2021)
- Venezuela (Wikipedia)
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. Venezuela comprises an area of 916,445 km^2 (353,841 sq mi), and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas.
