Venezuela
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Venezuela: la verdad detrás de la “masacre en Acarigua”
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Venezuela: au moins 29 prisonniers tués lors d’une intervention des forces spéciales
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Venezuela: testimonio del horror, habla un torturado en una cárcel militar chavista
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Venezuela: 65 détenus s'évadent d'une prison de l'île de Margarita
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Venezuela: las mujeres también son “pranes”
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Venezuala: Varela prohíbe a periodistas grabar y tomar fotos en las cárceles Fénix y Uribana
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Venezuela: cárceles del país terminan el año con sobrecupo de 38.995 personas
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Caracol
Venezuela: Bachelet podría conocer situación de las cárceles
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El Universal
Venezuelan rugby program teaches prison inmates life skills [video]
In Venezuela, the worsening economy has led to soaring gang violence. Some gang members end up in prison, and face grim prospects when they’re released. But a new program is teaching some young offenders how to turn their lives around — through the discipline of sports.Source — CGTN
Venezuela: ONG denuncia casos de hepatitis y tuberculosis dentro de cárcel
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El Nuevo Diaro
Venezuela: Varela sobre las cárceles, "la población penal no está armada"
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Efecto Cocuyo
Venezuela: motín termina en traslado de presos
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Venezuela: political prison seized by inmates ahead of presidential election
Riot after alleged torture casts shadow over campaign of Nicolás Maduro before Sunday’s voteSource — The Guardian
Venezuela: attorney general says prison authorities were negligent in fire that caused deaths of 68 inmates
Venezuela’s attorney general said Monday that five jailed officials had been negligent in their handling of a prison fire that killed 68 people last week in central Carabobo state, and admitted that the country’s penal system is seriously overcrowded.Source — Los Angeles Times
Venezuela: "muerte de 68 presos no es mi competencia”, ministra de prisiones
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Venezuela: prisiones hasta con un 250% de sobrepoblación
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Sixty eight killed in Venezuelan police station riot and fire
Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people on Wednesday, according to the government and witnesses.Source — Tribune de Genève
Venezuela: motín en PoliCarabobo, descenso al infierno
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Venezuela: el hambre, el peor azote de las cárceles
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Motín en una cárcel de Venezuela: los reos tomaron como rehenes a cuatro presos políticos y a 50 custodios
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Venezuela: registrados 13 muertos en cárceles durante enero del presente año
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Venezuela : por lo menos 45 presos políticos corren riesgo de morir en cárceles del país
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — El carabobeño
Venezuela : dos privados de libertad murieron de hambre en cárceles de Los Teques y Táchira
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