On December 9, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Venezuelan officials Gustavo Adolfo Vizcaíno Gil and Juan Carlos Dugarte Padrón, both members of the Nicolás Maduro regime, over their alleged participation in acts of corruption. In a press release, the U.S. Department of the Treasury indicated that during his [ … ]
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Evidence of Murder of Former Venezuelan Police Officer Introduced at International Criminal Court
On December 9, Venezuelan lawmakers presented at the International Criminal Court evidence of what they qualify as a “massacre,” which resulted in the death of former police officer Óscar Pérez and other agents at the hands of State security forces nearly two years ago. Former National Assembly representative Wilmer Azuaje [ … ]
The Tragedy Of The Yukpa People Fleeing Venezuela
The economic crisis in Venezuela has endangered the survival of the Yukpa people, an ancestral indigenous community that has been forced to emigrate looking for food. For centuries, the Yukpa people have lived in the Perijá mountains, Zulia state, but for the past three years at least 350 of its [ … ]
New Bolivian Interior Minister Believes Morales And Maduro Will End Up In Jail
Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales and his Venezuelan ally Nicolás Maduro will end up in jail, because both leaders have “killed many people” in their effort to cling to power, Bolivian Interior Minister Arturo Murillo told AFP in an interview. Murillo believes that conditions are being met for Morales and [ … ]
Venezuelans Have the Worst Internet and Censorship in the Region
Venezuela is the country with the worst internet speed in the Americas, according to data from a U.S.-based diagnostic technology company. Subject matter experts say that communities that are far from the capital have even more difficulties accessing the network. Fran Monroy, a Venezuelan journalist specialized in IT, said that [ … ]
Ambassador Trujillo: Sanctions Against Venezuela Have Been Successful
U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Carlos Trujillo, said December 3 that “the sanctions [against the illegitimate government of Venezuela] have been a total success [...] we’ve seen the way in which Nicolás Maduro and his corrupt friends are driving the country, it’s a total disaster and [ … ]
UN Includes Venezuela Among Countries in Urgent Need of Humanitarian Assistance
On December 4, Mark Lowcock, United Nations (U.N.) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, presented the list of priority needs requiring funding, in Geneva, Switzerland. In Venezuela, where there’s a financial requirement to reach $1.35 billion for 3.8 million people in 2020, needs are higher than the allocated [ … ]
Twitter Analysis Reflects Venezuelan, Cuban, Nicaraguan Intervention in Chile’s Protests
An analysis of the tweets posted during the recent protests in Chile, reflecting that most foreign accounts supported the demonstrations and a change of government, could bolster allegations that Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua may be behind much of the unrest in Latin America. The statistical analysis of more than 4 [ … ]
Venezuela Has the Most Expensive French Fries on the Continent
French fries, a common food, affordable in most parts of the world and generally very popular, have become a luxury for many in Venezuela. The price of French fries in Venezuela ($4.50) greatly exceeds the cost of this product in countries of the region, such as Brazil ($3.35), Argentina ($3), [ … ]
Transplants in Venezuela: A Struggle from Surgery to Medicine
At least 3,000 transplant patients are at risk of losing their organs due to lack of treatment, while another 5,000 people are still on the waiting list because surgeries have been stopped, according to data from the Venezuelan National Transplant Organization (ONTV, in Spanish). Libardo Laurens had a liver transplant [ … ]
Narcotrafficking Increased by 50 Percent Under Maduro, Says US Military Chief
Drug trafficking to and from Venezuela increased by more than 50 percent under Nicolás Maduro, said the U.S. military leader for Caribbean, South and Central American affairs on November 14, when denouncing Maduro’s ties to organized crime. U.S. Navy Admiral Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, said Maduro, in [ … ]
‘Take this Humanitarian Disaster in Venezuela Seriously’ Says Ambassador Brownfield
[caption id="attachment_31105" align="alignright" width="300"] File photo of William Brownfield. The Ambassador described the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela as “something never seen in history of this hemisphere.” (Photo: Brendan Smialowski, AFP)[/caption] U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield, remembered in Latin America for his clear and straightforward opinions in his more than 40 years [ … ]