The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

Overcrowding, cold food and uncertain futures a way of life for migrants in Chicago’s shelters

CHICAGO -- Across the street from the 1st District police station, Hildemaro Rafael Peña Gonzalez, 23, from Venezuela, fed cereal out of a plastic takeout container to his pregnant wife Racnia del Carmen León Mendoza, 19, and rubbed her swollen belly. The couple was moved from the station to a…

Chicago Tribune · Jun 14, 2023

‘She should be up there with the greatest’: celebrating the art of Gego

Fleeing Nazi Germany and ending up in Venezuela, the unusual artist found a career crafting offbeat sculptures, on display in a new exhibition

The Guardian - US · Jun 13, 2023

Rick Scott likens Trump indictment to tactics of Cuban, Venezuelan dictators

MIAMI — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, with the bolstering of human rights activists and former political prisoners from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, accused the Biden administration of utilizing a tactic commonly found in dictator playbooks: Weaponizing the legal system to go after the president’s opponents.

Miami Herald · Jun 13, 2023

Trinidad and Tobago: From the Caribbean to the caliphate

The twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago lies between the South American coast of Venezuela and the West Indies. Home to roughly 1.5 million inhabitants of African and Indian descent, the tiny Caribbean nation has one of the world’s highest volunteer rates for the Islamic State (IS) group. Between…

France 24 · Jun 9, 2023

Immigrant who died at Woodlawn shelter identified: ‘He was a very good person’

Luis Alberto Aguilar Peres was a father and husband who made the long trek from Venezuela to the United States for a better life, his friend said. He died June 2.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 8, 2023

Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela's powerful leader

Leaders of Venezuela’s fractured opposition are shaking voters’ hands and promising — yet again — that they will defeat President Nicolás Maduro at the ballot box

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023

Florida confirms it was behind flights that left asylum seekers in California

Officials claim the people, mostly from Colombia and Venezuela, consented to the travel, refuting allegations from Gavin Newsom

The Guardian - US · Jun 7, 2023

Recordings shake confidence in Colombia's leftist government, jeopardize reforms

A corruption scandal that has shaken Colombia’s first leftist government and undermined its ability to carry out ambitious reforms has grown following the release of several voice messages featuring the nation’s former ambassador to Venezuela

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Casabe, Cuba's little-known traditional bread, seeks world recognition

Cuba is leading a delegation of Caribbean nations, including Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Honduras and Haiti, to formally request UNESCO to add casabe, a little-known ancestral flatbread made of yuca, cassava, to the organization's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Venezuela's Maduro visits Saudi Arabia -state media

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, state media reported, as the kingdom continues to expand its diplomatic outreach beyond traditional Western alliances.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023