José González Vargas

These documentaries on the pre-Chavismo era in Venezuela -completely free and available on YouTube- offer important background information on the current political and economic crises in the South American nation.

Or the the radicalization of a faction of Venezuelans.

“What worries me the most is that I don’t know when can I return to my country. First, I don’t know when will the restrictions will end here. Secondly, I don’t know what measures will establish in Brazil,” one student said.

The low numbers of Venezuela in contrast with its size and population —256 infected in a country of over 27 million— has raised questions about the veracity of the official toll.

Over the weekend, the country’s legislature was at the center of a power struggle between Maduro’s supporters and Venezuela’s opposition.

Ryan goes to Caracas as part of the team of U.S. senator Jim Moreno—who shares a couple of traits and none of the flaws of Marco Rubio.

So far the Maduro government hasn’t made an official statement, but Venezuela’s pro-government media has been quick to condemn it.

Francisco de Miranda on a revolutionary project: A united Spanish-speaking nation in the Americas, spanning from California to Tierra del Fuego.

U.S. pressure is not the only problem for Venezuelan oil. Since the early 80’s, gas prices have been kept artificially low.

“That day something was achieved,” says a local middle-aged woman living in the Libertador Municipality of Caracas.

MARACAY, VENEZUELA — This Tuesday, Caracas and the rest of Venezuela woke up in shock. At 5:30 am at the La Carlota Air Base, located on the east side of the country’s capital, Juan Guaidó —speaker of the opposition-led National Assembly, who shook the hemisphere by declaring President Nicolás Maduro’s rule as illegitimate— appeared with […]

An account of what I was able to report.

“I expected something different,” said Coromoto, a 50 year-old mother of two who works at a government ministry.

On Monday, the United States Department of the Treasury imposed new sanctions on Venezuela’s state-oil company PDVSA, which includes Citgo Petroleum Corporation.

The events on Wednesday in Caracas were unsurprising.