PROVEA

The Venezuelan Education-Action Program on Human Rights or PROVEA (Spanish: Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos) is one of the most prominent Venezuelan human rights organizations.

[1] PROVEA was founded on 15 October 1988 by Ligia Bolivar [es], a former Amnesty International employee, Dianorah Contramaestre, a Christian community worker and Raúl Cubas, a former detainee of the Argentine dictatorship.

[2] Its mission was to be an independent watchdog of the Venezuelan people's economic, social and cultural rights.

[3] In 2024, as the human rights situation in Venezuela deteriorated under the rule of President Nicolas Maduro, government officials declared PROVEA to be an "enemy of the people.

[5] José Miguel Vivanco, the Director of Human Rights Watch in the Americas said that "PROVEA is one of the most prestigious organizations in the region.