Tensions in Venezuela are high as money and essential supplies are becoming scarce and citizens are ever-more frustrated with the actions of President Maduro’s administration. An area fighting to keep some function despite fears of encroaching authoritarianism is the Venezuelan justice system, specifically small groups of police, lawyers, and press.…
Venezuela is in the middle of a food shortage, but instead of using federal funds to import food, president Nicolas Maduro is giving monetary aid to Cuba. Cuba and Venezuela are allies and have a joint partnership that is built on their disagreements with the United States and rejection of…
More and more sick Venezuelans are fleeing to Colombia for one simple reason: there is no more medicine on their side of the border. Due to the ongoing political violence and food shortages in Venezuela, buses full of Venezuelan citizens are poring into Colombia every day. Even educated professionals are…
The political unrest in Venezuela has taken a severe turn. On Tuesday, June 27, a police helicopter attacked the Venezuelan Supreme Court building as a way to undermine President Maduro’s totalitarian government. The helicopter was stolen and piloted by an officer in the Venezuelan investigative police force, Oscar Perez. Before…
As the tension in Venezuela grows with anti-government sentiment, the number of citizens seeking asylum in the United States is growing. “The most recent data from Citizenship and Immigration Services show 8,301 Venezuelans requested asylum in the first three months of 2017,” reported The Washington Post. “That compares to 3,507…
Venezuela is currently in its twelfth week of riots. For the past three months, angry Venezuelans have been taking to the streets and rioting against their president’s totalitarian regime. President Maduro has led the socialist country into a point of economic, social, and now political collapse, and the people are…
The United States has been governed by a constitution that has, with the exception of introducing new amendments, stayed relatively the same for over 200 years. Venezuela hasn’t been so lucky, however, as the country has changed the basis of its governing constitution plenty of times as political parties come…
An elephant is now the lasting symbol of the Venezuelan food shortage crisis. Just last week, an image circulated of Ruperta, an African elephant living in the Caricuao Zoo in Caracas. In the photo, the elephant is standing in her bare pen looking emaciated, and one can easily count her…