https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/19/cages-are-more-dignified-colombia-holds-cold-comfort-for-venezuelan-migrants-bogota The feet of Estilita López, 78 years old, are bloodied and bruised from the arduous journey from Yaracuy, in northern Venezuela, to Bogotá, the Colombian capital. Together with 460 fellow compatriots, she now lives in a new, city-funded migrant camp that has just sprung up on a football pitch near the airport. “I had to leave Venezuela, but this… Read more »
Amidst the political and economic turmoil that plagues Venezuela, migrants in the hundreds of thousands have flocked to neighboring Columbia for shelter. Although the facilities have been compared to cages, have pervasively spread disease, and lacks in food and water, many refugees prefer it over the conditions of Venezuela. During the prevalent rainy season, the health of the refugees within… Read more »
Just this past week, the National Election Council of Venezuela decreed it would suspend the opposition’s petition for a recall vote on President Nicolas Maduro, essentially meaning that Maduro will remain in power until 2018, when the next presidential election will be held. With his horrendous mishandling of the nation’s economic crisis, there might not be a Venezuela left come… Read more »
BLOOMBERG: Federal prosecutors are preparing to charge several individuals and confiscate their property over the alleged looting of Venezuela’s state oil company in what may amount to one of the biggest asset seizures in U.S. history. Three people familiar with the case say the government has been investigating at least a dozen Venezuelans and is expected to file charges in Houston… Read more »
