CANTV, a telecommunication company controlled by the Venezuelan government, has reportedly launched a censorship program against Bitcoin websites, knocking them offline for about four hours. According to NewsBTC Latin America, Venezuelan Bitcoin users are reportedly having trouble accessing a number of popular digital currency websites, including local Latin American exchanges…
Next week, on October 28, Venezuela will celebrate its 10th anniversary of ending adult illiteracy. According to various media reports, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially declared Venezuela a “Territory Free of Illiteracy” a decade ago on October 28, 2005. However, UNESCO does not issue official…
As Venezuela’s economy worsens and the black market grows stronger, the gray area between organized crime and irrational street violence is growing blurrier, according to a new report from the Organized Crime Observatory. FOX News Latino recently reported that around 40% of all murders in Venezuela are now the results…
Some major U.S. stocks are currently plummeting, and their decline can be partially attributed to rampant inflation throughout Venezuela. According to CNBC, Venezuelan inflation is so bad that many residents are worried about where they will get their next meal amid drastic increases in the price of food. Food prices…
There’s nothing quite as entertaining as a good dose of irony amid catastrophic events, and Venezuela hasn’t let us down. According to a recent report from the Associated Press, the nearly-broke nation doesn’t much of its own currency, the bolivar, left in its bank accounts — but it does have…
Jeison Hernandez has stomped his way into the Guinness World Records book — literally. The 20-year-old Venezuelan’s size 26 feet are now on the books as the largest feet on a living person, measuring in at 40.1cm (15.8in), for the right foot, and 39.6cm (15.6in) for the left. He’s joined…