What Nicolás Maduro did not like about the UN report on human rights in Venezuela

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Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, visited Venezuela last week. He spent three days and met with various sectors of the country. This Thursday he presented his report, nothing favorable to Nicolás Maduro, who made 70 clarifications to the report.

After years of insistence, the government of Nicolás Maduro, pushed by diplomatic pressure, agreed to have a visit from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Venezuela.
It was so that Michelle Bachelet arrived in Venezuela from June 19 to 21, and remained in the country for three days, meeting with all possible sectors. The Chilean president left the country last Friday and today presented her report of the visit.
These are the five key points denounced by the UN High Commissioner in the document, which she will present tomorrow in Geneva. "The Government committed itself to solve some of the most difficult issues, including the use of torture and access to justice, and to facilitate unlimited entry to detention centers," Bachelet said in today's statement. Nicolás Maduro told Bachelet that the report is full of errors.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela "requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner to adopt the necessary measures to correct the errors of the report A / HRC / 41/18", through a document that reports the errors of fact of the report of the High Commissioner.
1. Extrajudicial executions
The report denounces the "surprisingly high" proportion of alleged extrajudicial executions committed by the Venezuelan security forces.
The document also highlights that "pro-government civilian armed groups known as collectives have contributed to the deterioration of the situation, by imposing social control and helping to suppress demonstrations."
The head of the UN calls in its conclusions for the dissolution of the Special Forces (FAES), to which he attributes in particular most of the 5,287 extrajudicial killings, supposedly due to "resistance to authority", during police operations in 2018.
"Between January 1 and May 19 of this year, another 1,569 people were killed, according to the government's own statistics, and other sources suggest that the figures could be much higher," Bachelet points out.
In addition there are 793 people arbitrarily deprived of freedom, says the High Commissioner. And just that issue has the Chavez government against the wall. On Saturday, Rafael Acosta Arévalo died in custody, in dark circumstances that indicate that he lost his life due to torture.
In addition to the dissolution of the FAES and the "collectives", Bachelet recommends the creation of "an impartial and independent national mechanism" to analyze these extrajudicial executions, and asks the government to regularly publish comprehensive data on health, access to water and food, among others, of the Venezuelan po[CENSORED]tion.
The report recalls that the High Commissioner has requested the creation of a permanent office in the South American country.
2. Serious economic crisis
The UN report refers to the serious economic and social crisis, which worsened between 2018 and 2019. It highlights that the salary and subsidies barely cover four days of the month, which puts the po[CENSORED]tion at serious risk. "The Venezuelan po[CENSORED]tion is facing very diverse and interrelated violations of their economic and social rights."
Bachelet acknowledges that despite the fact that the government has decreed several increases in the minimum wage, its purchasing power has declined to the point that it can no longer be considered a subsistence wage. Also denounce the diversion of resources, corruption and lack of maintenance in public infrastructure, as well as underinvestment, have resulted in violations of the right to an adequate level of life, among others, due to the deterioration of basic services such as public transport and access to electricity, water and natural gas.
The document resalat that The Government stated that it allocates 75 percent of annual budget to investment in the social area. "The main food assistance program, known as" CLAP boxes ", does not cover the nutritional needs that are essential for people.The Government has not shown that it has used all available resources to guarantee the progressive realization of the right to food, nor has it sought, without success, international assistance to address these deficiencies, "says the Commissioner.
The people who spoke with the UN Human Rights Commission in Venezuela denounced the political use of social programs and aid.
3. Violations of the right to health
There are many reports that talk about the shortage of medicines close to 80% in Venezuela. The report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) confirms this, saying that the situation is serious.
"The people interviewed consistently described a health care infrastructure that has been deteriorating for years and is characterized by the exodus of doctors and nurses"