Fighting River Blindness in Southern Venezuela
Despite the health crisis that Venezuela has gone through, the onchocerciasis elimination program in Venezuela has continued to work reasonably well. One of its leading scientists explains why
Tag: humanitarian crisis
Venezuelan Women Fight for Sexual and Reproductive Rights Amid a Humanitarian Crisis
The country has one of the most restrictive laws in the region while girls and women are particularly affected by scarcity, inflation and violence
Another Byproduct of the Orinoco Mining Arc: Child Illiteracy
In the state of Bolívar, illiteracy is skyrocketing as parents leave to work in the mines
NGOs: the Missing Part of Political Dialogue in Venezuela
In the incipient negotiations, there must be a seat for those who can really help improve living conditions for most Venezuelans
When Scholars Lie About the Crisis in Venezuela
A symposium on the crisis in Venezuela organized by the University of Houston painted a country that only exists in a leftist fantasy. Our history is usually rewritten in the international academia for ideological purposes
Maduro Wants to Turn NGOs Into Informants
A new disposition by the regime would force human rights and humanitarian organizations to report the names of their beneficiaries, including people seeking protection from the State. But the NGOs fight back
Indigenous Rights in Venezuela: Unfulfilled Promises, Trampled Dignity
When we talk about the Venezuelan human rights crisis, we don’t often mention the situation of Indigenous peoples. No data, no differentiated policies and lots of unfulfilled promises perpetuate the inequalities they’ve always endured
GoFundMe: Venezuelans’ Lifesaver Against COVID-19
With no money and insurance numbers that don’t add up, thousands resort to the crowdfunding platform looking for help from family, friends, and anybody who wants to donate to their cause
Dealing with Chavista Propaganda in the Heart of San Francisco
The thing about first-world leftists who support chavismo is that they don’t realize they embody the imperialistic dynamics they criticize
Seeing Venezuela All Over WandaVision
Just like Wanda in the hit Marvel Studios series, we tend to develop alternate realities in order to cope with the grief of the lost paradise
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