Information on the above-mentioned subject could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted by the DIRB for this Response to Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Americas Watch. October 1993. Human Rights in Venezuela.

Amnesty International Report. Yearly. New York: Amnesty International.

Amnesty International. 10 November 1993. "Venezuela: The Eclipse of Human Rights." (AI Index: AMR 53/07/93). London: Amnesty International

Amnesty International. July 1992. "Venezuela: Torture and Other Human Rights Violations." (AI Index: AMR 53/05/92). London:

Amnesty International.

Amnesty International. Urgent Actions.

Andean Newsletter [Lima]. Weekly.

Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.

Human Rights Watch. Yearly. Human Rights Watch World Report. New York: Human Rights Watch.

Latinamerica Press [Lima]. Weekly.

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La lettre de Reporters sans frontières [Paris]. Monthly.

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Venezuela in the Wake of Radical Reform. 1993. Edited by Joseph S. Tulchin. Current Studies on Latin America.