Category: Venezuela
June 26, 2023 > Mie Hoejris Dahl
Virtual Reality Opens Doors to Venezuela’s Largest Torture Center
BOGOTÁ — A foul smell of sewage permeated the overcrowded prison cell. Rays of light came through under the door. Screams and cries emanated from the cells and reverberated around the […] Read More >
March 20, 2023 > Mie Hoejris Dahl
Colombia-Venezuela: How the Rapprochement is Going
CÚCUTA, Colombia — Sitting on different sides of a white line that marks the border between Colombia and Venezuela on the Atanasio Girardo bridge — previously known as “Tienditas” — […] Read More >
February 25, 2022 > Cameron Oakes
Venezuelan migrants in Ireland grapple with the home they left behind
As a teen, Fabio Alexei Roselló Salazar dreamed of traveling the world. So when Roselló — the son of a school teacher and a cable company manager — went off […] Read More >
January 20, 2021 > AndreaAcosta
Bidding Trump farewell, Venezuelans in Florida reflect on a divisive four years
WESTON, Fla.—Back in October, Adelys Ferro remembers attending a rally held by then-candidate Joe Biden at Florida International University holding a sign that read “Obamacare Saved My Son.” A picture […] Read More >
November 15, 2020 > Isabella Reimi
Venezuela’s “Revolving Door” of Political Prisoners
The story of Antonia Turbay’s arrest goes back to April 2002. She lived in La Florida, in Caracas, Venezuela. Her neighbor was Iván Simonovis, the then secretary of the police […] Read More >
April 17, 2020 > Isabella Reimi
Attacks on Venezuelan Press Continue During Lockdown
CARACAS— Authorities are clamping down on journalists informing the public about the coronavirus pandemic. Press freedom in Venezuela was already threatened, and as the public health crisis progresses, the government […] Read More >
April 10, 2020 > Genevieve Glatsky
Coronavirus Lockdown is the Latest Challenge for Venezuelan Migrants
BOGOTÁ— Anni Rojas Jiménez first heard about the coronavirus when she was traveling with her husband and brother-in-law from Lima, Peru to Bogotá, Colombia. Rojas Jiménez, who was four months […] Read More >
November 21, 2019 > Maria Abreu
Leaving in Haste, Newest Venezuela Migrants in U.S. Face More Challenges Than Previous Generations Did
NEW YORK — José arrived in New York in July after only two months of planning his move. He is one of the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who recently […] Read More >
August 23, 2018 > Staff
OAS calls Venezuela a “dictatorship” and asks other countries ignore extradition requests related to explosives attack
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States issued yesterday a press release urging its member countries to “ignore extradition requests from the […] Read More >
August 21, 2018 > Staff
New Venezuelan currency tied to oil price and with five fewer zeroes began circulating yesterday
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA: The new currency with five lopped zeroes announced weeks ago by President Nicolás Maduro began circulating yesterday after a bank “blackout” the night before […] Read More >