Maduro’s New Crackdown on Venezuela’s Civil Society
By
Tony Frangie-Mawad
The regime is reactivating a dormant NGO bill, adding to fears of Nicaragua-style repression ahead.
CARACAS — Earlier this month, the arrest of Rocío San Miguel, Venezuela’s most prominent military affairs specialist and director of the watchdog group Control Ciudadano, sent shock waves through the nation’s civil society. Taken into custody at the international airport near Caracas and accused of participating in a coup plot against President Nicolás Maduro, her whereabouts were unknown for days. Family members vanished, too, only to be released days later. What makes San Miguel’s case more worrisome for Venezuela’s civil society is that it isn’t an isolated...
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