Venezuela from Overseas. Open Letter from Venezuelan writers, artists, journalists, intellectuals in support of the students.

Due to the grave situation in Venezuela today, where Nicolás Maduro’s government and his military leaders have unleashed a ferocious assault on students, journalists and citizens in general, submitting them to attacks with live ammunition and savage corporal and psychological punishment, leaving in its wake a trail of death, torture, arrests, and media outlets silenced in their work as sources of information; we Venezuelan writers, intellectuals, journalists and artists who live abroad, exhort the international community to demand the following from the government of Nicolás Maduro:

1. Respect the human rights of all Venezuelan citizens.
2. Free the participants in protests that have been detained.
3. Disarm the paramilitary groups (“colectivos”).
4. Restore freedom of the press.
5. Order the immediate opening of an investigation, with the presence of international organisms that can guarantee impartiality, to determine the responsibility of the crimes committed during the protests.

Venezuela, a country that was once a democratic alternative in the midst of the dictatorships of all types that afflicted the American continent, a country that in the past supported victims of similar repressions in other countries of the world, deserves to live in freedom.

Signed,

Carolina Acosta-Alzuru (USA)
Mónica Amor (USA)
Alexander Apóstol (Spain)
Miriam Ardizzone (Spain)
Aymara Arreaza (Spain)
Ophir Alviarez (USA)
Victor Azuaje (USA)
Betina Barrios Ayala (USA)
Gustavo Balza Gamez (Spain)
María Lorena Bello (USA)
Cecilia Bellorín (Spain)
Loriel Beltrán (USA)
Anadeli Bencomo (Mexico)
Lisa Blackmore (UK)
Adriana Boersner Herrera (USA)
Leonardo Bonett (USA)
Irene Bou (Spain)
Lorena Bou (Spain)
Julio Tupac Cabello (USA)
Silvia Cabrera (Germany)
Margarita Cadenas (France)
Paula Cadenas (France)
Celia Calcaño (France)
María Cecilia Camacho Capodiferro (Austria)
Pedro Camacho (Argentina)
Alessandra Caputo (Spain)
Amalia Caputo (USA)
Marian Castillo(Spain)
Nayarí Castillo (Austria)
Beatriz Castro Cortiñas (Spain)
Juan Cristóbal Castro (Colombia)
Jeffrey Cedeño (Colombia)
Silvia Celi-Borges (Francia)
Daniel Centeno (USA)
Israel Centeno (USA)
Juan Carlos Chirinos (Spain
Doménico Chiappe (Spain)
Hecsil Coello (Uruguay)
Fernando Conde (USA)
Francesca Cordido (Spain)
Juan Ignacio Cortiñas (Spain)
Alejandra Cubero González (Spain)
Elena de La Ville (USA)
Linda D´Ambrosio (Spain)
Ana Lucía De Bastos (Spain)
Elian E. Degen Canelón (USA)
Dina Di Donato (USA)
Fanny Díaz (Israel)
Carla Duarte Vidal (Brazil)
Andrés Duque (Spain)
Juan Carlos Durán Canal (Spain)
Antonio Fernández Nays (Spain)
Carlos Fernández de Larrea (Spain)
Carmen Leonor Ferro (Italy)
Víctor Galarraga-Oropeza (France)
Elvira García (France)
Pedro José Garcia Sanchez (France)
Marina Gasparini Lagrange (Italy)
Miguel Gomes (USA)
Eleana Gómez (USA)
Elizabeth González (Germany)
Guaritoto González (France)
Manuel González Ruiz (Spain)
Ricardo González Coll (France)
Jacquelyn Grifith (USA)
Gustavo Guerrero (France)
María Alexandra Guerrero (Germany)
Leroy Gutierrez (Uruguay)
Claudia Hernández (Germany)
Diana Hernández Aldana (Spain)
Karlinda Hernández (USA)
Manuel Hernández Silva (Spain)
Sonia Hernández (USA)
Verónica Jaffe (Germany)
Blas Kisik (USA)
Liliana Lara (Israel)
Indira Leal (USA)
Adriana Loaiza-Tennenbaum (USA)
Andrea López López (Mexico)
Antonio López (Spain)
Fabiola López Durán (USA)
Margarita López (Spain)
Magdalena López López (Portugal)
Rubén Machaen (Argentina)
Eva Márquez Velandria (USA)
Wladimir Márquez (USA)
Claudia Martín Carmassi (Spain)
Denise Martinez Breto (Italy)
Juan Manuel Matos (Spain)
Diana Medina (Spain)
Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez (Spain)
Manuel Antonio Mendoza (USA)
Andrés Michelena (USA)
Corina Michelena (Russia)
Mariela Michelena (Spain)
José Javier Míguez Rego (Spain)
Rossana Miranda (Italy)
Juan Pablo Mojica (Colombia)
Valentina Monagas Tovar (France)
Gabriela Montero (USA)
Marco Montiel Soto (Germany)
Patsy Montiel Moronta (Spain)
Luz Ainai Morales Pino (USA)
Andreína Mujica (France)
Boris Muñoz (USA)
Moisés Naim (USA)
Nela Ochoa
Linda Ontiveros (Spain)
Liseth Ortega (Singapore)
Adriana Ortiz (Canada)
Eduardo Ortiz Viso (USA)
Indira Páez (USA)
Tomás Páez (Spain)
Guillermo Parra (USA)
Amalia Pereira (Spain)
Luz Pérez Ojeda (France)
Xavier Padilla (France)
María Gracia Pardo (USA)
María Carolina Pina (France)
Camilo Pino (USA)
Alexandra Poleo (Francia)
Sandra Portillo Lafuente (Spain)
Carlos Pulido (France)
Juan Rafael Pulido (France)
Carol Prunhuber (France)
Marieli Quiaro Maggiorani (Germany)
Gabriela Rangel (USA)
Cheryl Riera Rivera (Canada)
Cinzia Ricciuti (Italy)
Raquel Rivas Rojas (Scotland)
Maday Margarita Rivero (Spain)
Patricia Roncayolo (Denmark)
Carlos Rondón (Spain)
Paola Romero (UK)
Esther Roperti (Spain)
Magdalena Rosello (Spain)
Karina Sáinz Borgo (Spain)
Adalber Salas (USA)
Lisbeth Salas (Spain)
Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles (Spain)
Elvia Sánchez (Spain)
Ervin “Wincho” Schafer (Brazil)
Claudia Sierich Georgi (Germany)
Leonora Simonovis (USA)
Manuel Silva-Ferrer (Germany)
Marco Tulio Socorro (Spain)
Mónica Socorro (France)
Andy Solé (Spain)
Blanca Strepponi (Argentina)
Gonzalo Tovar (Peru)
Alina Tufani Díaz (Italy)
José Urriola (Mexico)
Vicente Ulive-Schnell (France)
Keila Vall De la Ville (USA)
Patricia Valladares (USA)
Gustavo Valle (Argentina)
Pedro Varguillas (USA)
Paula Vázquez (France)
María Teresa Vera Rojas (Spain)
Ruth Villalonga (USA)
Carmen Victoria Vivas Lacour (France)
Vitier Vivas (France)
Vivian Watson Molina (Spain)
Lena Yau (Spain)
Gregory Zambrano (Japan)
Leonardo Zelig (USA)
Slavko Zupcic (Spain)