UPDATED 11/11/20 Nevertheless, Venezuela’s efforts to keep up with the times move forward.andnbsp; To that end, they have a number of Internet service providers.andnbsp; This allows users to access cheap local Internet and even look for a provider with a 1 year Internet plan.andnbsp; When doing a search for a…
Widespread shortages have been ravaging supplies of Venezuelan food, tech, and medical industries for months, due to the instability of the political and financial climate in that country. Now, shortages of medications have gotten so bad that some Venezuelans have reportedly resorted to using medications for pets. Yahoo! News and…
Around 16% of all weddings are destination weddings, but some recent destination nuptials held special significance for those participating. Venezuelan couples were among more than 60 same-sex couples from the region who gathered in the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan on Aug. 16 for a mass wedding ceremony —…
Venezuela is well known for its soccer heritage. In fact, as the country faces hardships in nearly every other aspect — from political unrest to economic collapse and shortages of basic goods — soccer is becoming the one thing that has helped Venezuelans unite across the political divide. According to…
Venezuelans have been living on scarce supplies of food, paper products, medicine, electronics, and even beer — and now it’s getting harder for residents to make basic phone calls to foreign countries. CNBC reported that South America’s largest telephone operator, Movistar, began halting operations during May in all but 10…
Venezuela’s political and economic turmoil has become so disastrous that it’s actually easy to forget that the country is filled with countless individuals just trying to keep a steady job, put food on the table, and have a place to sleep at night. But headhunters in Central and South American…
Ask anyone how much their new iPhone 6 cost, and the answer is likely to be “too much.” But there’s no better way to put it in perspective than to take a look at how much this smartphone currently costs in Venezuela: a whopping 300,000 bolivars, roughly equal to $47,678…
Exxon Mobil and Venezuela’s national oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela SA, have ended their business partnership and will sell the refinery they co-own in Louisiana. The refinery will go to PBF Energy Inc., which is based in New Jersey. PBF is buying the refinery in Chalmette, which is about 10…