Venezuela’s central bank recently stated that it would begin printing Bolivar bills of higher denominations, while phasing out bills of lower denominations, in an attempt to mitigate the country’s inflation rate. According to Venezuela Analysis, the bank will begin printing bills will values of 500 and 1,000. As the Wall…
An estimated 50 to 70 million American adults may suffer from sleep or wakefulness disorders, but countless people in Venezuela and Colombia are losing sleep as they worry about relations between their countries, their economic futures, and the Zika virus. Venezuela is considering reopening its border with Columbia in an…
Venezuelan opposition leader José Manuel Olivares is claiming that President Nicolás Maduro has not accurately reported the number of Zika cases in Venezuela. According to Breitbart, Olivares is also Chair of the Subcommittee on Health in Venezuela’s National Assembly and has recently appealed to the World Health Organization (WHO) for…
Of the many thousands of drugs that are synthesized in the Research and Development stage of drug development, only a small percentage, one in 5,000, will successfully pass through clinical trials and FDA approval, and on to manufacturing. A February 15 report from The Washington Post paints a bleak picture…
Venezuela used to be known as a place where locals would leave their car doors unlocked and roam the streets at night looking for their next bar stop without the typical amount of fear doing such things would carry elsewhere. Unfortunately, those days seem to be long gone, at least…
The president of Venezuela has confirmed that three Venezuelans have died as a result of complications related to the Zika virus. The release of this information comes on the tail of allegations that the Venezuelan government has been underreporting the number of people infected with the virus. Channel NewsAsia reports…
Although America’s housing market has bounced back, with an estimated 618,000 new homes under construction by the end of 2015, it would seem that Venezuela’s real estate is still facing massive problems even after its own surge in housing starts. According to Prensa Latina, a number of movements have manifested…
In the midst of economic tragedy, Venezuelan news in the past two years has primarily focused on President Maduro’s administration, the inflation of the bolivar, and the overwhelming shortages of food, medicine, and other necessities. Under the surface — and not nearly reported as often — a drought has been…