Venezuelan News in English
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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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Venezuelans worried: Registration cards not being updated
Publicado el febrero 03, 2021 3:46 pmExpired registration cards are creating problems for venezuelans who were granted the amnesty issued by the TT government in mid-2019. By Newsday Layoffs, non-renewal […]
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Persecution of activists in Venezuela soars
Publicado el febrero 03, 2021 2:28 pmDetention, defamation, stigmatization and harassment of charities and rights activists in Venezuela increased 157% between 2019 and 2020, a group of non-governmental organisations said […]
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Guyana rules out talks with Venezuela until fishermen released
Publicado el febrero 03, 2021 2:21 pmGovernment has made it clear that it will only have bilateral discussions with Venezuela once the Nicolas Maduro Administration releases the Guyanese fishermen […]
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Women Fleeing Venezuela Are Targeted With Sexual Assault As They Cross Into Colombia
Publicado el febrero 03, 2021 2:14 pmAt a shelter for Venezuelan migrants in the Colombian border town of Villa del Rosario, Alondra Castillo pulls back her blouse to reveal black-and-blue […]
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Venezuelan soccer players fight for a shot in women’s Libertadores cup
Publicado el febrero 03, 2021 2:08 pmIraia Arrue chases a ball down the soccer field until she loses it near the goal line amid shouts from the bleachers and from […]
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Venezuela to send Brazil more oxygen for Covid-19 treatment, Maduro says
Publicado el febrero 03, 2021 2:01 pmVenezuela will send further shipments of oxygen to help neighboring Brazil treat COVID-19 patients, President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday, after sending a convoy […]
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Venezuela’s offshore funds could pay for vaccines but Maduro not cooperating, Guaidó says
Publicado el febrero 03, 2021 1:56 pmVenezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Wednesday that venezuelan funds controlled by the U.S. Treasury Department could be used to pay for coronavirus […]
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Stunts in the streets for venezuelan motorcycle virtuoso
Publicado el febrero 03, 2021 1:50 pmIf police aren’t shutting down his street shows for lack of permits, Venezuelan motorcycle trick rider Pedro Aldana is battling coronavirus quarantines or the […]
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The Deportation of Venezuelan Kids Should Stop
Publicado el febrero 03, 2021 10:58 amTrinidad and Tobago’s treatment of Venezuelan migrants and refugees and its deportations of Venezuelans, including children and asylum seekers, are not only egregious rights […]
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Venezuela hired Democratic Party donor for $6 million
Publicado el enero 30, 2021 9:49 amNewly filed lobbying records show Venezuela’s socialist government previously hired a longtime Democratic Party donor for $6 million at the same time it was […]
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In crisis-hit Venezuela, maternity wards have become death traps
Publicado el enero 29, 2021 4:30 pmRed roses and a burning candle frame the small white casket Wendy Dulcey is caressing at a hospital morgue in Caracas. By France 24 […]
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Young woman was drugged and raped by her boss on her first day of work in Argentina
Publicado el enero 28, 2021 5:43 pmA controversy broke out in Argentina after a judge released a man accused of drugging and sexually abusing to an 18-year-old Venezuelan girl during her first day of work. […]
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Maduro’s ‘miracle’ treatment for Covid-19 draws skeptics
Publicado el enero 28, 2021 4:56 pmVenezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro appears to be counting on yet another “miracle” to save his citizens from COVID-19, promoting a secretive solution with no published […]
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US takes aim at Venezuela oil exports to Asia in Trump sanctions parting shot
Publicado el enero 28, 2021 12:28 pmThe Trump administration used its final days in office to introduce a slew of new sanctions on a network accused of brokering the sale […]
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