The Venezuelan President has shared details of Saturday’s botched drone assassination attempt and presented evidence of alleged Colombian involvement in the plot. Releasing several videos on the failed attack, Nicolas Maduro said that perpetrators had been offered millions of dollars as reward for his execution. “They were offered $ 50 million and a stay in the […]
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‘Different shades of utter resignation’: Venezuelans fleeing hardship at home are finding more struggles abroad
Thomson Reuters Protracted political, economic, and humanitarian crises in Venezuela have spurred mass migration, with Venezuelans from across the social spectrum fleeing for neighboring Brazil and Colombia, to other countries in the region like Chile or Peru, and as far away as the US and Spain. To escape what they face at home, many Venezuelans […]
Venezuelans top nationality seeking asylum in US
Published time: 24 May, 2017 00:35 Edited time: 24 May, 2017 00:37 For the first time, the number of Venezuelans requesting asylum status in the US have surpassed applicants from China, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. Venezuelan applications are expected to continue rising after a 160 percent increase in just one year. Read more In […]
Crisis-weary Venezuelans now have another escape route
Peru has created a temporary visa that will allow thousands of Venezuelans to work and study in the country, part of a migratory policy that aims to “build bridges” and “not walls,” the Andean nation’s interior ministry said, according to Reuters. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s government issued 20 temporary visas to Venezuelan migrants in Peru […]