Venezuela lawmakers took first step to reform hate speech law on November 3

Key facts

• Venezuelan lawmakers took a first step toward reforming a hate speech law used to jail dissidents, per the report.
• The report said the interim government was further unwinding tools of repression imposed under ousted leader Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuelan lawmakers took the first step toward reforming a law that had been used to jail dissidents, according to a report published on November 3, 2026. The report said the interim government was further unwinding tools of repression imposed under ousted leader Nicolás Maduro.

The report did not name the chamber, the lawmakers, the vote count or the terms of the proposed reform, and gave no figure for the number of people jailed under the law.