Published on: 18 March 2025
Starting from 3 December 2024, ACLED is incorporating data from its partner organization, Fundaredes. Historical data going back to 1 January 2018 have been added to ACLED’s dataset. This update adds over 2,700 new events and updates more than 1,500 existing events, incorporating information from at least 1,400 fatalities linked to these events. The new data significantly enhance ACLED’s coverage of Venezuela, particularly for ‘Battles’ and ‘Violence against civilians’ event types in border regions.
Fundaredes is a Venezuelan NGO that monitors, documents, and raises awareness about human rights violations and crime rates in Venezuela’s border states. It keeps its stakeholders up-to-date about the actions of irregular armed groups in states such as Falcón, Zulia, Táchira, Apure, Amazonas, and Bolívar.
Key Changes
Correction Period and Scope
The data span from 1 January 2018 (the start of ACLED’s coverage of Venezuela) to present.
Publication date
The data were published on 3 December 2024.
Summary of changes
ACLED has added over 2,700 new events and updated more than 1,500 existing events with new information from its partner organization, Fundaredes, as well as other new sources. Additionally, at least 1,400 fatalities were added to ACLED’s Venezuela data. With this update, Fundaredes data contributes to around 10% of all ACLED events for Venezuela.
This update has significantly improved coverage of ‘Battles’ and ‘Violence against civilians’ events, with 2,600 newly added or corrected events for these event types. It has also strengthened ACLED’s coverage in key border regions, particularly the Venezuelan states of Táchira, Apure, Zulia, Falcón, Bolívar, and Amazonas.
Given that Fundardes only collects data from 2019 onward, this limitation could have led to an artificial spike in ACLED’s Venezuela dataset. To mitigate this risk, ACLED ensured consistent coverage from 1 January 2018 onward by incorporating additional sources that Fundaredes also relies on for its data collection. These sources, including Diario Versión Final, Diario de Guayana, Noticia al Minuto, and Diario La Nación, were used to extend coverage beyond 2019 and maintain consistency across the full dataset.
