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VEPPEX (acronym for Venezolanos Perseguidos Políticos en el Exilio) (English: Venezuelan Persecuted Politicians in Exile), is an organization founded on 8 August 2008 by Venezuelan Lieutenant José Antonio Colina, shortly after leaving prison. It is a non-profit institution that seeks to raise awareness of the existing situation of political exiles in Venezuela. In addition to welcoming, assisting, and guiding Venezuelans, who fleeing Venezuela, for different reasons and looking for a new beginning. Since 2014 he has led complaints in various international organizations and in the petition to the United States Congress for the application of sanctions to Venezuelan officials who have violated human rights or benefited from illegal money through corruption in Venezuela.

Journalists, military, former oil workers, diverse professionals and their respective families live in exile under various conditions. The number of Venezuelans outside Venezuela is constantly increasing and that is why Veppex takes the initiative to promote information around the world about the events that occur in Venezuela, in addition to people who are exiled by different circumstances, 3 Venezuela historically It has welcomed people from various countries who once suffered calamities such as war, exile, natural disasters.

Several Venezuelan political actors called "exiles" despite not belonging to this organization, maintain a close approach with this, as are the journalist Patricia Poleo, the president of the Venezuelan Union NGO in Peru Oscar Pérez Torrez and the opposition leader Antonio Ledezma.