Venezuelan Cities Are Losing One of Their Treasures: Their Trees
Venezuelan authorities and thoughtless neighbors raze the urban woodland, our cities’ green heritage, at a victor’s pace
How the Cota 905 Gang War Affects Southwestern Caraqueños
While the regime's security forces advance to positions that belonged to El Koki’s gang, the neighbors share what living under this kind of violence is like
An In-Depth Look at Women’s Slavery in the Mining Arc
Recent research carried out by UCAB Guayana’s Center for Human Rights sheds light on the patterns of forced, sexual, and labor exploitation of girls, teenagers and women in the mines. Two of the researchers explain the magnitude of these findings
Double Risk: the Adventure of Buying International Health Insurance in Venezuela
Some companies based in the Caribbean or other regions took advantage of delayed legislation to enter a desperate market
Why Schools Haven’t Reopened in Venezuela
We celebrate World Education Day while the government uses the pandemic to disencumber itself from a pile of accumulated wrongdoings after years of mismanagement in the area—and now with an additional catastrophe
Why Are Private Hospitals so Expensive in Venezuela?
The collapse of public healthcare and medical supplies production are two of the main elements which lead in how costs pile up in the private health sector
Forced Disappearances: The Other Tragedy From 1999
Oscar José Blanco Romero wasn’t dragged away by the river or the sea. His case is one of the four emblematic forced disappearances of the Vargas tragedy, the first disappearances of the chavista government
Colombia Braces for a New Surge in Venezuelan Migration
December 18th is International Immigrants’ Day. Lucas Gómez García, Colombian border manager, tells us how the neighboring country is preparing for the growing number of Venezuelans, even with the border officially closed
Solar Power Gains Ground in Venezuela’s Energy Crisis
Venezuela should have been filled with photovoltaic panels a long time ago. But the electrical emergency is opening up a small path for this energy source, and the state hasn’t taken advantage of this technology yet
The Pernalete Family: Life Without Juan Pablo
The story of the student killed by the National Guard in 2017, and his family, may be one among hundreds, but it illustrates the magnitude of the damage caused by the dictatorship’s brutality, and how direly reparations are needed
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