Saving Venezuelan Pop Classics
Musician and producer Cheo Pardo has a mission: re-recording and re-releasing the music we lost because of the demise of the Venezuelan music business
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Trending on TikTok: Zoomers Giving Up on Their Dreams Because of Chávez and Maduro
Maduro & Co. receive the most elegant of bashings... on TikTok
A Small Homage to Gaita
Time and distance stoke the flames of the family memories that Zulian gaita conjures. Gaita is the genre that ties Zulianos together
Aging Venezuelans Need Empathy and Protection, Now
Older Venezuelans are particularly vulnerable to hunger, illness and the several types of violence that plague the country. Domestic and international actors must help to guarantee their rights.
A Venezuelan Community Grows in Utah
With some help of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and attracted by the job market, Venezuelans became the third largest Latin American community in the state
The Deported: Unwelcome in the U.S. and Latin America
Pedro spoke to Venezuelan migrants in Mexican shelters about the Biden administration orders of automatic deportations and to the people who try to manage the surge
In Venezuela, Lack of Environmental Planning Is More Deadly Than Climate Change
We don’t know if it’s raining more in Venezuela or not, because the government is inefficient at collecting enough data. What’s evident, experts say, is that the State ignores the lessons from past catastrophes
Venezuela’s Deforestation Boom
Since 2016, when the Mining Arc came to be, the country has lost as much forest land as it had in the previous fifteen years: an area three times the size of the Greater Caracas. The causes: shifting cultivation, forest fires, and mining
What Happens After Crossing the Darien Gap and Making It to the U.S.
For many, the long journey through the Darien Gap, Central America, and Mexico, with all its dangers and costs, could end up back in Maiquetía, only a couple of years later. Henriquez explains the bureaucratic Darien that migrants face when they get to the US
Peru: A Troubled Government Scapegoats Venezuelan Migrants
Ignoring the commitments made in the last Summit of the Americas, the Castillo administration expanded the reasons for deporting Venezuelans. Which are the implications for Latin America?
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