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, […]
UN rights chief asks Venezuela to release arbitrary detainees, end torture
Caracas, VenzuelaReuters Venezuela should release arbitrarily detained individuals and end torture, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Saturday at the end of a trip to the country. Turk arrived in Venezuela on Thursday and met with President Nicolas Maduro on Friday, in addition to Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, senior […]
After years, private vehicles start crossing Colombia-Venezuela border again
Urena, Venezuela Reuters Private vehicles started crossing between Colombia and Venezuela for the first time in years on Sunday, marking the total opening of the shared border, in addition to cargo and people that have been transiting. Children play with their skateboards during the reopening of the Coronel Atanasio Girardot binational bridge after the normalisation […]
Venezuela’s Maduro calls Vatican letter a “compendium of hatred”
Caracas, VenezuelaReuters Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday called a letter sent by the Vatican’s foreign minister to local businesses, which urged Caracas politicians to take seriously negotiations to resolve the country’s crisis, a “compendium of hatred”. The letter from the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, was read aloud by a Catholic Church […]