17 hours agoVenezuelan expats in Florida back Trump's anti-socialism rhetoric, slam 'ignorant' AOC, DemsHundreds of Venezuelan expats in Florida back Trump's anti-socialism rhetoric and slam democratic lawmakers for being 'ignorant' on the issue.
2 days agoFeds auction off prized horses of ex-Venezuela treasurer who got rich as socialist country crumbledAs Venezuela's path of socialism was going bust and millions of people were drowning in poverty without access to adequate healthcare or even food, a small group of military leaders, politicians and businessmen siphoned billions from the government that went straight into their pockets.
February 12Luxury NYC pads worth $40 million tied to Venezuelan ‘boligarchs’ currency scam: reportAs the Venezuela crisis grows, U.S. prosecutors have tied seven New York City apartments to a billion-dollar currency exchange scheme involving the country’s “boligarchs” and corrupt government officials, the New York Post reports.
January 27Trump right to recognize Juan Guaidó, not Maduro, as Venezuela's presidentThe Trump administration’s announcement Wednesday to recognize Venezuelan National Assembly leader Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela amid the current popular uprising against the anti-democratic socialist Maduro regime was an act of brilliant statecraft.
January 25Vale dam collapses in southeastern Brazil, up to 200 missingVale SA, Brazil’s largest iron ore company, said Friday a dam burst at one of its mining sites, washing out roads and creating havoc in the town of Brumadinho, in the state of Minas Gerais
January 23Inside the Venezuelan protest movement: 'This is our chance!'Draped in the flag of their country – once the richest and most prosperous in Venezuela – thousands of Venezuelans poured into the streets on Wednesday and Thursday, vigorously calling for reigning President Nicolas Maduro to be removed from office.
January 7Venezuelan supreme court judge defects to USA Venezuelan Supreme Court justice, who was considered to be a longtime Maduro government loyalist, defected to the United States with his family over the weekend, claiming to object to the President’s forthcoming second term.
January 2Spiraling Venezuela crisis threatens to infect entire region, analysts sayThe depth of the Venezuelan catastrophe threatens to unravel the stability and wreak financial havoc beyond just Latin America, with little end in sight.
December 22Desperate women fleeing Venezuela sell hair, breast milk, sex to get byThey come from a country that now resembles a war zone –their lives have been ripped apart by displacement, starvation, disease, desperation, torment and fear life – and while that war zone sentiment too has permeated the Colombian side of the border, there is at least a sense that survival is possible.
