Caura: A Maduro-made Environmental Disaster in the Amazon
Gold mining is bringing mercury pollution, malaria, mass poaching, and ethnocide to one of Venezuela’s natural treasures
Life
Why Venezuelan Migrants Are Dying at Sea
With at least 11 passengers drowned between Venezuela and Trinidad, the fatal count of a historic tragedy grows: our people are trapped between traffickers, Maduro’s dictatorship, and the indifference of the Trinidadian government
Tales of a Displaced Youth: Mila
Mila Rojas knows about displaced youth, because she's displaced herself; this is a story, the tale of migrant struggle, that many Venezuelan expats will feel as their own
The Growing Americanization of the Venezuelan National Identity
Many Venezuelans have traditionally admired the U.S., but 2020 brought on something new: a deep identification with American symbols and politics, at home and abroad
How Helpful Have the AN's Subsidies Been for Venezuelan Physicians?
In the middle of a global pandemic, the caretaker government of Juan Guaidó has transferred subsidies to workers in the health sector. One of them assesses the reach of the gesture
Venezuela Threatens Latin America’s Efforts for Eliminating Malaria
The World Health Organization report shows that more than half of malaria cases in the Americas are being recorded in our country, amid the gold rush and the humanitarian emergency
Tales of a Displaced Youth: Ana T
Betting on oneself sure can pay off, as it did for Ana T, a Venezuelan woman who went to America looking for opportunities and found herself working with international music stars
We Can Prevent Our Andean Condor’s Demise
On November 23rd, one of the last specimens held in captivity in Venezuela passed away at the Chorros de Milla Park in Mérida. Stopping their extinction means saving their habitat
The Venezuelan December Mirage, 2020 Edition
Maduro is trying to use Christmas to produce the illusion that everything’s relatively fine. But this time, his sleigh has no gas to fly
Swimming and Fishing in a Sea of Oil
The only thing a formerly great oil industry has left to show for is a daily environmental disaster. That’s life on the Carabobo coastline, while PDVSA is still unable to put a plug on its spills
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