On November 25, Colombia’s immigration authorities reported the deportation of 59 Venezuelans for allegedly planning to disrupt “national security” during protests against the Iván Duque government, which started November 21. The foreigners accused of “threatening public order and national security,” will be turned over to Venezuelan authorities in San Fernando [ … ]
The regular water supply in Venezuela has declined notably, following a spike in power outages, creating more hardship for Venezuelan citizens. According to a study from the Venezuelan Observatory of Public Works, 72 percent of people store water. Not all, however, have the means to do it following international health [ … ]
The small waiting room at the home of self-styled healer "Brother Guayanes" in Caracas' rundown Petare district fills up quickly with patients — business has never been better. With Venezuela's chronic medicine shortages and hyperinflation, more and more people are turning to alternative medicine to treat common ailments in the [ … ]
Guatemalan President-elect Alejandro Giammattei said that some of the main insecurity problems the Central American nation face are due to narcotrafficking, and Venezuela is a “narco-state” that contributes to drug shipments into Guatemalan territory. Giammattei spoke at a press conference upon arriving in Guatemala from Venezuela, after being expelled from [ … ]
In mid-October, the Nicolás Maduro regime set the new minimum wage at 150,000 bolivars per month, which does not include the bonus for food that doesn’t affect the salary, and which amounts to roughly $8, according to parallel market exchange rates in Venezuela. Venezuela has been suffering from hyperinflation for [ … ]
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Nicolás Maduro regime of using food as a “political weapon.” According to Pompeo, more than 90 percent of Venezuelans cannot meet basic food needs. The Secretary of State has been a key voice in the U.S. government to help make the Venezuelan crisis [ … ]
Miguel Henrique Otero, president and director of Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional, said that the current situation regarding freedom of speech in Venezuela not only affects national and local media and journalists, but also foreign correspondents. During the 75th General Assembly of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) in Miami on [ … ]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Venezuelan interim government signed a joint cooperation agreement for $214 million to be used in several stages to rebuild democracy in Venezuela. The agreement was signed at USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C., in the presence of Carlos Vecchio, Juan Guaidó’s [ … ]
U.S. President Donald Trump said on September 24 that Venezuela’s disputed president is “a Cuban puppet,” adding that the Caribbean government only takes advantage of Venezuelan oil wealth to stay in power. Before world leaders, who heard his speech at the 74th United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly in New York, [ … ]
The nongovernmental organization (NGO) Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported extrajudicial killings and arbitrary detentions committed by the Venezuelan Police’s Special Action Forces (FAES, in Spanish) in underprivileged areas that have withdrawn their support for the Nicolás Maduro government. “Amidst an economic and humanitarian crisis that most seriously affects those who [ … ]
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