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Among the biggest difficulties Venezuelan immigrants face is the lack of passports. The Colombian government, however, has detected with concern people who transit identifying themselves with legitimate Venezuelan passports, but who don’t even know what the capital of Venezuela is. In an interview with Venezuela 360, Christian Krugüer, director of Colombia Migration, warned that the trend might pose a risk…

The tentacles of narcotrafficking in South America have reached into all sectors of society and in some cases, have defeated entire governments that now sponsor the activity and attempt to destabilize the region, analysts interviewed by Voice of America say. Martín Rodíl, a specialist in organized crime and narcotrafficking, says that Venezuela went from being a country with the presence…

Lack of border controls and Venezuela’s corruption strengthen the bonds between the National Liberation Army (ELN, in Spanish), dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish), and the Venezuelan government, the U.S. Department of State said in a report on terrorism published on November 1. “[Venezuela’s] porous borders offered a permissive environment” for groups that the United…

The flow of migrants fleeing Venezuela’s severe economic, social, and political crisis might worsen in 2020, said Eduardo Stein, Joint Special Representative for Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on October 28. During a speech at the International Solidarity Conference held in Brussels, Belgium, Stein regretted that the situation “continues without abating,” adding…

They patrol on motorcycles. Wearing masks, with a skull embroidered on their uniforms and with bullet-proof vests and assault rifles, the members of the Bolivarian National Police’s Special Actions Force (FAES, in Spanish) are frequently seen in Venezuela’s poor neighborhoods. Their presence is ominous. FAES has been accused of carrying out thousands of extrajudicial executions since their activation in July…