https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Venezuela-s-authoritarian-turn-and-the-repression-of-its-Left https://internationalviewpoint.org/Venezuela-s-authoritarian-turn-and-the-repression-of-its-Left 2025-11-01T05:17:59Z text/html en Edgardo Lander Venezuela <p>Since Venezuela's disputed 2024 elections, Nicolás Maduro's government has escalated its authoritarian turn. More than 2,000 people were detained in the days following the vote, and targeted persecution has widened to include journalists, trade unionists, academics, and human rights defenders. Human rights activist Marta Lía Grajales was disappeared for two days after denouncing the brutal beating of mothers demanding freedom for their imprisoned children. María Alejandra Díaz, a Chavista lawyer and former Constituent Assembly member, was stripped of her license and harassed after calling for transparency in the vote count. These cases illustrate a broader strategy of intimidation and criminalization.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IVP610-November-2025-" rel="directory">IVP610 - November 2025</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Venezuela-+" rel="tag">Venezuela</a>