Venezuelan News in English
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Venezuelan Migrants Providing Crucial Labor in South America
Publicado el febrero 25, 2021 11:46 amCoffee grower Oscar Gamboa increasingly relies on a new source of labor for his harvest in the steep hills of northern Colombia: bedraggled and […]
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Sanctions prompt Venezuela to expel head of EU delegation
Publicado el febrero 25, 2021 11:31 amVenezuela’s government on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of the chief European Union diplomat in the South American nation following the bloc’s decision to impose […]
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EU slaps sanctions on 19 more venezuelan officials
Publicado el febrero 23, 2021 11:41 amThe European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on 19 more officials in Venezuela accused of undermining democracy or rights abuses in the crisis-torn South […]
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Caracas, a city without running water
Publicado el febrero 23, 2021 11:35 amJeanette Celis yearns for the rain to fall on the impoverished Caracas neighborhood of La Vega by the end of February in the hope […]
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The world must act to stop Venezuela’s environmental destruction
Publicado el febrero 23, 2021 8:35 amThe political and economic ruin of Venezuela, once one of Latin America’s wealthiest countries, is by now a well-known story. Far less understood are […]
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Venezuelan police officer builds better life for family in Trinidad
Publicado el febrero 22, 2021 11:23 amWhen Venezuelan migrant Darilis Martinez, 27, left her country she was working as a police officer in Tucupita. She had also recently completed a […]
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Venezuelan Women Lose Access to Contraception, and Control of Their Lives
Publicado el febrero 22, 2021 11:02 amAffordable birth control has disappeared, pushing many women into unplanned pregnancies at a time when they can barely feed the children they already have. […]
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“Once Upon a Time in Venezuela”, A Different Look at the Country’s Migration Crisis
Publicado el febrero 18, 2021 10:12 pm“El pueblo ya está perdido, en pocas palabras. Ya esto es monte y culebras,” says Natalie, a local teacher from Congo Mirador featured in Once […]
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Covid-19 vaccine for venezuelans in Trinidad and Tobago who need it
Publicado el febrero 18, 2021 10:04 pmCARICOM Chairman Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says anyone who needs the COVID-19 vaccine, including Venezuelan migrants, will receive it, in order to curb […]
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Spain Hopes to Capitalize on Fresh US Approach to Venezuela
Publicado el febrero 18, 2021 9:54 pmThe arrival of U.S. President Joe Biden in the White House has ushered in hopes for a new approach towards one of the thorniest […]
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Texas Power Outage Is Reminiscent Of Socialist Venezuela: Lack Of Foresight Looks The Same Everywhere
Publicado el febrero 18, 2021 9:15 pmIn Houston, TX, the Energy Capital of the World, I have been without power and running water for three days. I and millions of […]
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Colombia, U.S. grant amnesty to venezuelan migrants
Publicado el febrero 18, 2021 9:05 pmColombia is moving to legalize some 800,000 undocumented Venezuelan immigrants, offering them 10-year residence permits and access to formal employment and social benefits. By […]
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Venezuelan woman dies trying to cross freezing river from Mexico to U.S
Publicado el febrero 18, 2021 12:51 pmA Venezuelan woman died while trying to cross the frigid waters of the Rio Grande river from Mexico into the United States while three other […]
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Ten illegal Venezuelans were arrested on Chatham beach, Trinidad and Tobago; Six children among the detainees
Publicado el febrero 18, 2021 9:22 amPolice arrested ten Venezuelans who allegedly entered the country illegally on Tuesday. By: newsday.co.tt A police report on Wednesday said the group – four adults […]
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Volunteer paramedics patrol streets of Venezuela’s capital
Publicado el febrero 17, 2021 7:59 amVenezuela’s deepening crisis has gutted emergency ambulance services, so a group of volunteer paramedics has stepped into the void to offer life-saving help on the […]
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100,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine arrive in Venezuela
Publicado el febrero 13, 2021 4:15 pmIn a tweet, President Nicolas Maduro said medical and health personnel would be the first to receive the vaccine, “given their exposure to COVID-19.” […]
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Man recounts torture in Maduro’s Venezuela
Publicado el febrero 10, 2021 11:52 amThe ransom calls began soon after Carlos Marrón learned his father hadn’t returned from his evening walk. The kidnappers wanted to deal with Marrón […]
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A shipmaster is buried in Colombia, but his widow can’t prove his death in Venezuela
Publicado el febrero 09, 2021 4:59 pmA year after a Colombian oil tanker captain was murdered by Venezuela’s military, his widow says she still cannot claim his pension to support […]
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Venezuela Jails PDVSA Managers For Providing Oil Data To U.S.
Publicado el febrero 09, 2021 4:50 pmVenezuela has jailed for five years two former managers at its state oil firm PDVSA for providing sensitive data about Venezuelan oil operations to […]
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Venezuela’s Opposition Is Running on Empty
Publicado el febrero 09, 2021 4:23 pmWhen a Venezuelan patrol boat intercepted a Guyanese fishing trawler late last month, the third such blue-water confrontation in a matter of weeks, investors, […]
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Colombia will legalize undocumented venezuelan migrants
Publicado el febrero 09, 2021 4:10 pmColombia said Monday it will register hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and refugees currently in the country without papers, in a bid to […]
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Political infighting threatening Venezuela’s access to Covid-19 vaccine
Publicado el febrero 08, 2021 10:34 amAs countries scramble to gain access to a limited supply of coronavirus vaccines, political infighting is keeping Venezuela out of the race altogether, with […]
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Catholic center for venezuelan refugees opens in Brazil with help from U.S.
Publicado el febrero 08, 2021 10:25 amTwo Catholic-backed organizations opened a center in Brazil’s capital to host Venezuelan migrants relocating from the refugee centers in the Amazon region. By Crux […]
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Peru’s crime worries tainting venezuelans who want to work
Publicado el febrero 08, 2021 10:16 amAdriana Marero dropped out of college in her native Venezuela in 2017 as anti-government protests turned violent amid worsening economic problems and she fled […]
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How Bitcoin Could Smash Socialism in Venezuela
Publicado el febrero 08, 2021 10:10 amBetween hyperinflation, stalled oil operations, and deepening tensions with the United States, it is safe to say that Venezuela is in crisis and it […]
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Ripple Effect: How the Venezuelan Crisis is Impacting Colombia’s Economy and Foreign Relations
Publicado el febrero 05, 2021 10:09 amIn the past two decades, under both President Hugo Chávez and President Nicolás Maduro of the United Socialist Party, Venezuela has experienced mounting political […]
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Venezuelan firm helps migrants ship goods from Trinidad and Tobago
Publicado el febrero 05, 2021 9:16 amFor many of the Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago, especially those who arrived over the last three or four years, the main mission […]
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Venezuela: Opposition activist calls for more international support
Publicado el febrero 05, 2021 9:05 amOne of Venezuela’s leading opposition figures, Leopoldo López, has told DW that the international community needs to do more to promote democracy in the […]
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JRS appeals for Colombia to protect venezuelan migrants
Publicado el febrero 05, 2021 8:58 amAs Venezuela’s crisis continues to force many people to flee, the Jesuit Refugee Service calls on the government of Colombia to protect the human […]
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Biden administration won’t be negotiating with Venezuela’s Maduro, keeping hard-line approach
Publicado el febrero 05, 2021 8:51 amThe Biden administration will continue recognizing Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the legitimate president of the country and won’t negotiate anytime soon with […]
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