Venezuela

In 2022, Venezuela’s deep political and governance crisis continued without a suitable constitutional and political solution. The situation worsened in some respects, given Maduro’s de facto consolidation of power and his ability to maintain control of the state apparatus. Consequently, there is a complex humanitarian emergency driving more than seven million Venezuelan migrants and refugees to seek refuge abroad. Currently, the Venezuelan migrant crisis is the second worst migrant crisis in the world, behind the Syrian migrant crisis. Moreover, despite a decrease in inflation and reports of slightly rising economic growth, the country remains mired in a deep state of corruption, without a reasonable economic plan backed by legal guarantees or a system based on the rule of law. The Maduro Government still faces international economic sanctions, refusing to engage in meaningful efforts to facilitate the return to a democratic constitutional government and continuing to disregard the 1999 Constitutional order. Not surprisingly, in 2022, Venezuela ranked 177/180 in the Corruption Perception Index and obtained the lowest world rank 140/140 in the Global Rule of Law Index.