600,000 Children Left Behind
Venezuela’s collapse has forced the fragmentation of thousands of families, some of which are monoparental. When adults migrate without their kids, a whole array of abandon, mistreatment and tragedy appears.
Venezuela’s collapse has forced the fragmentation of thousands of families, some of which are monoparental. When adults migrate without their kids, a whole array of abandon, mistreatment and tragedy appears.
Caretaker President Guaidó appointed José Ignacio Hernández as Special Prosecutor. Critical situation in Santa Elena de Uairen, while the regime blocks the Simón Bolívar bridge with containers. Hugo Carvajal offers his insights on the Armed Forces. Several delegations abandon the UN Human Rights Council when Jorge Arreaza started speaking.
On July 2017, 20 people were detained by National Police in Maracaibo during a demonstration. All of them were raped and tortured. Just one dared to tell what happened, and now some of the policemen involved are in jail.
On February 27th, 1989, a protest around an increase in bus fares evolved into four days of looting and massive repression. Back then, a new economic model failed at the beginning of its implementation, and the violence arrived to stay.
Guaidó announced that he’ll return from Colombia this week. Elliott Abrams called on other countries to stand in solidarity with Venezuelans. Arreaza lied at the UN Security Council and Cabello also lied about the number of officers who have crossed the border to Colombia. The black market dollar stands at Bs. 3,600, which means the minimum wage is now $5.
Venezuelans stranded on the other side of the closed Colombian border are torn between the desire to see their families again, and fear of regime violence.
After the interview was interrupted by the dictator, the most famous Latino news anchor in the world and his crew were detained for hours, his equipment taken and then ordered to leave the country.
Guaidó met with the Lima Group on Monday in Colombia. Univision’s Jorge Ramos was detained during an interview in Miraflores Palace for showing Maduro a video of people eating from the garbage. South Korea recognized Guaidó. There's no support for military intervention in the region. A UN Security Council meeting is to take place this Tuesday 26th.
Fear and confusion abound in the point where Brazilian aid was supposed to enter Venezuela on February 23rd. The violence revealed to the world a wider reality: the complex relationship between Chávez’s revolution and the suffering indigenous nations of Venezuela.
Imagine that many kids are so sick with tropical diseases in private academies in Miami or Toronto that they lose months of lessons. Imagine that public schools in Brooklyn or downtown Montreal are workin
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