ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, May 20 (UPI) -- Nicolás Maduro's regime has transformed Venezuela into an international criminal organization, using state institutions for internal repression, looting of national resources and collaboration with organized crime networks operating throughout the region, according to a report presented to the Organization of American States.
The 2024-2025 Annual Report by the CASLA Institute, issued last week, also reveals that international actors such as Cuba and Russia have played a key role in strengthening the Maduro regime's repressive structures, consolidating what the report describes as a transnational criminal state.
Outgoing OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro stated that "the regime of Nicolás Maduro has committed a new series of crimes against humanity," reiterating that these acts follow a structural pattern that should be investigated by the International Criminal Court.
"There is already sufficient evidence to prosecute the chain of command of the Venezuelan regime," Almagro added, identifying Maduro as the principal party responsible.
Tamara Suju, executive director of the CASLA Institute, which prepared the report, said that the Venezuelan regime is a tyranny structured as a transnational criminal network, where state institutions "have been captured and systematically used for illicit purposes and internal and external repression."
