The Caribbean chapter of the International Network in Defence of Humanity has called on leaders within CARICOM to send a fact-finding mission to Venezuela so it can make “an informed” analysis about the situation there. In a statement the organization suggested that what was being reported in Western media is not a true reflection of what is happening in the Spanish-speaking oil-rich nation. Clashes between police and protesters have reportedly left 38 dead in the past month. The organization has charged – like the Venezuelan government has consistently argued – that the US government seeks the Maduro administration as an enemy and is therefore trying to destroy it.