Charities Are Running Out of Time in Venezuela
A new NPR report shows how charities and NGOs, the last hope for thousands of neglected victims of Venezuela’s crisis, are facing extreme difficulties to keep doing their already diminished work.
The Old Ways Come Back to Face the Hardships of the Present
In the middle of Merida’s mountains, an isolated village learned how to keep living while ignoring the widespread socio-economic collapse of Venezuela.
The Nightmare of Growing Up in Venezuela
Chavismo stole a whole generation of Venezuelans’ childhood, they have no idea what growing up in a normal country is like. These are indicators that no kid should ever have to experience.
Amnesty International: Crimes Against Humanity Have Been Carried Out in Venezuela
A fifty-page long report published earlier this week by the human rights organization presents strong evidence on extrajudicial executions, disproportionate use of lethal force, and illegal arrests.
People Over Geopolitics
In a piece for The Globe and Mail, former Canadian Ambassador to Venezuela, Ben Rowswell asks the world to put Venezuelans trapped in a dangerous geopolitical board, over international interests.
FAO Warns About a Real Possibility of Famine in Venezuela
Six years after awarding Nicolás Maduro’s government for apparently reducing hunger in Venezuela, the UN agency for food security puts Venezuela in a list of countries in high-risk of facing a widespread food crisis.
Venezuela Commemorates World Malaria Day with Terrible News
While the world talks about progress, we look at the everyday reality of a malaria epidemic in Venezuela and how illegal mining and negligence made it the biggest public health emergency in the country.
The Regime Must Be Treated Like The Criminal Organization It Is
Most of the world acknowledges Venezuela as a dictatorship. But not enough people see chavista officials like the criminals they are. A post in America’s Quarterly says that in order to achieve a peaceful transition in the country, the international community must start dealing with Maduro and his allies like the the police deals with mobsters.
Amid the Blackouts, Remaining Businesses Barely Survive
After a month of chaotic blackouts, and without any solution in sight, a once powerful industry is finding it increasingly hard to cope. From former industrial strongholds to rural towns and crop fields, businessmen do their best to survive, but the consequences are impossible to hide.
Without Power, Venezuela’s Capital Ran Out of Water
The electric crisis has turned the massive infrastructure that Caracas needs to pump water, utterly useless. After a month without water through the pipes, the consequences of this man-made drought may soon outweigh those of blackouts themselves.
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