Purpose To impress on decision-makers the scale of human rights abuses being practised in Venezuela. | Our Commitment BRaVE Group for Venezuela will gather information from confidential and reliable sources, and will circulate these materials to our relevant contacts primarily, though not exclusively, in the UK. Our group has access to potential speakers with wide inside knowledge and credibility about the Venezuelan crisis. We continue to work with others organising conferences aimed at influential audiences. | Venezuela – Human Rights Crisis BRaVE Group for Venezuela is in close contact with Venezuela and is trying to widen the knowledge of human rights abuses. Our objective is to inform decision-makers in the UK and beyond about the reality of the human rights abuses under the current regime of Nicolás Maduro. |
| Dr John Hughes, CBE Convener British career diplomat for 35 years serving mainly in the Americas, including as Ambassador in Venezuela 2000-3, and Argentina 2004-8. He was also seconded to the Cabinet Office, BAe Systems, and Shell. In retirement John was Chair of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, and of Canning House. He has been a Visiting Senior Fellow at London University, at the London School of Economics, and a Visiting Professor in Practice at LSE Ideas, a foreign policy think tank. Currently, he is a member of the Advisory Board of LSE Ideas. | Frank Coll Frank Coll has been resident in the UK since 1979. Has worked for over 40 years in administration and finance. Considerable experience within the legal sector and charitable organisations. Has worked as Director and Company Secretary to international investment companies. In English Law Firms has held positions as Practice Manager and Director of Finance and Administration. Has also worked as Finance Manager and Honorary Treasurer in various Charitable Organisations. |
| Dr Peter Collecott, CMG Dr Peter Collecott is a former British diplomat who was the Ambassador in Brazil from 2004 to 2008. Subsequently he was a Trustee of Canning House, the main British institution fostering relations between the UK and Latin America, and Chairman until 2017. | Cristina Cortes An experienced CEO with 30 years international experience in government, finance and energy and expertise in strategy, business development, government relations, commercial negotiations, financial management and thought-leadership. Cristina joined Canning House – the UK’s leading Latin American centre – in 2015 and was Chief Executive Officer from 2018 until 2022. She is involved with various Latin American charities and is the current Chair of the Anglo-Brazilian Society. |