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
Life
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
Chávez Trauma and the MAGAzuelan Phenomenon
Two decades of polarization, misinformation, and conspiracy theories under chavista propaganda were critical in making Trump so popular among Venezuelans
Renato Agrella: Business Storytelling | Podcast
This week on the Venezuela Diaspora Project we have Renato Agrella, a Venezuelan consultant who built a storytelling agency (for giants) in Seattle
The Second Wave of COVID-19 in Venezuela
Desperate people looking online for oxygen concentrators or money for treatment, more and more complaints over the low availability of hospital beds and concern about the Brazilian variant, even inside the regime. What do we actually know?
The Maduro Regime Takes Over Gas Stations—And Whole Communities Suffer
The story of one of Maracaibo’s most crowded gas stations and convenience stores proves how the new economy around gas could change cities
Victor Cardenas: Fintech Young Gun | Podcast
This week, the Venezuela Diaspora Project brings us the story of Victor Cardenas—a 19-year-old Venezuelan who built a tech startup during the pandemic
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