GoFundMe: Venezuelans’ Lifesaver Against COVID-19
With no money and insurance numbers that don’t add up, thousands resort to the crowdfunding platform looking for help from family, friends, and anybody who wants to donate to their cause
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Double Risk: the Adventure of Buying International Health Insurance in Venezuela
Some companies based in the Caribbean or other regions took advantage of delayed legislation to enter a desperate market
Dealing with Chavista Propaganda in the Heart of San Francisco
The thing about first-world leftists who support chavismo is that they don’t realize they embody the imperialistic dynamics they criticize
The Pandemic’s Brutal Toll on Venezuelan Doctors and Nurses
NGO Médicos Unidos Venezuela reported 408 healthcare workers had died from of COVID-19 by March 29th. If we trust the official figures, that means one out of every four coronavirus victims was a worker of the healthcare sector
Why Schools Haven’t Reopened in Venezuela
We celebrate World Education Day while the government uses the pandemic to disencumber itself from a pile of accumulated wrongdoings after years of mismanagement in the area—and now with an additional catastrophe
Maracaibo Courts: One Year in the Dark
The main regional office of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, a landmark building in Maracaibo, spent 12 months trying to function without power. There’s little space for metaphors with such heat and darkness
Venezuela’s Migrant Crisis Is Made of Desperate Women
With 96% of households in poverty, and 79% in extreme poverty, the Venezuelan disaster isn’t gender neutral: women carry the brunt of survival for them and their families
Manuel Iribarren: Training Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs | Podcast
This week on the Venezuela Diaspora Project we have Manuel Iribarren, who teaches design thinking to children all around the globe
Combat on the Venezuela-Colombia Border: What We Know
The Venezuelan Army has lost at least two officers fighting a group of Colombian irregulars, near the Arauca river. Colombia reports at least 3,000 refugees crossing the border. What does it mean?
Maduro TV Plays ‘Soul’ and Nobody Bats an Eye
Years before sanctions, chavismo took our country out of global accountability. Now state TV stations broadcast Hollywood movies without answering to their owners
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