Discovering Gego
As a Venezuelan growing up abroad, seeing for the first time the work of this magnificent artist, at a Mexican museum, made me realize the distance my generation has with many masterworks of my country’s culture
Life
2022 Migration Year in Review
We closed 2022 with more than 7 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees scattered throughout the world, surpassing now the two greatest forced displacement flows, from Syria and Ukraine. Here is a synthesis of the critical milestones of our story of migration
Eagles in the Outfield: Where's Venezuelan Baseball in 2023?
At least in this realm, the sanctions were lifted and we even saw active MLB stars in many league games. But attendance and media attention are still a shadow of what once were
Empty Suitcases and Traveling Hallacas
Pedro spoke to people from North America to Australia, to see how they experience the complexities of the holidays that in many ways define what means to be Venezuelan
Saving Venezuelan Pop Classics
Musician and producer Cheo Pardo has a mission: re-recording and re-releasing the music we lost because of the demise of the Venezuelan music business
Trending on TikTok: Zoomers Giving Up on Their Dreams Because of Chávez and Maduro
Maduro & Co. receive the most elegant of bashings... on TikTok
A Small Homage to Gaita
Time and distance stoke the flames of the family memories that Zulian gaita conjures. Gaita is the genre that ties Zulianos together
Aging Venezuelans Need Empathy and Protection, Now
Older Venezuelans are particularly vulnerable to hunger, illness and the several types of violence that plague the country. Domestic and international actors must help to guarantee their rights.
A Venezuelan Community Grows in Utah
With some help of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and attracted by the job market, Venezuelans became the third largest Latin American community in the state
The Deported: Unwelcome in the U.S. and Latin America
Pedro spoke to Venezuelan migrants in Mexican shelters about the Biden administration orders of automatic deportations and to the people who try to manage the surge
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