StrangeSights: A burger-flipping prince; a dog and human race; and, “Chief UNO Player” sought…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Venezuelans struggling to afford food – even if they have access to dollars
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Like many Venezuelans, Carmen Mendoza has learned to get by with a patchwork of different income streams in different currencies – her pension, renting out a property, and roughly $US150 per month her two daughters send from Spain. But it is no longer enough. Teachers protest demanding better salaries in Caracas, Venezuela, […]
Venezuela’s working-class communities get together to eat Christmas ‘hallacas’
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Residents in working-class neighbourhoods of Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas are coming together to break bread over “hallacas”, a dish commonly served around Christmas, as part of an initiative to unite communities depleted by migration. Hallacas, a type of tamale filled with ingredients such as beef, chicken, olives and capers and wrapped […]
Guns, drugs, jobs: In these Venezuelan towns, Colombian rebels call the shots
SARAH KINOSIAN, of Reuters, reports on how Colombian rebels have gained a foothold in Venezuela…
SOUTH AMERICA: WITH OPPOSITION LEADER GUAIDO, EXILED VENEZUELANS DARE TO DREAM OF RETURNING HOME
ANASTASIA MOLONEY reports from Colombia for Thomson Reuters Foundation…