The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

AP PHOTOS: A proliferation of gold mines in Venezuela offers grueling, dangerous work

Venezuela is known to have the world’s largest oil reserves, but its soil holds another valuable resource: gold.

The Independent UK · May 26, 2023

Fair or foul? Team USA U12 player called out for missing home plate on grand slam

Team USA U12 won a comeback 25-24 game against Venezuela over the weekend, making up for a questionable call after a grand slam.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 22, 2023

As migrants move into shelters, surrounding communities respond: ‘They have value’

CHICAGO -- On a recent sunny afternoon in Chicago's Woodlawn area, more than a dozen men from Venezuela gathered in a parking lot outside a shuttered elementary school that is now a shelter for migrants, kicking a soccer ball and blaring music from cars.

Chicago Tribune · May 22, 2023

Brazil sends thousands of Venezuelan migrants to country's rich southern states

More than 7.2 million people have left Venezuela since the country’s political, economic and social crisis began last decade

The Independent UK · May 16, 2023

Inside Venezuela’s oil corruption scandal

Dozens of business figures and politicians have been arrested so far this year in a £17bn corruption scandal that has rocked Venezuela and its state-run oil company.

The Week · May 16, 2023

Venezuelan bills for power and water soar as subsidies cut back

Venezuelans are battling fast-rising utility bills as subsidies from the cash-strapped government dwindle, leaving many paying large chunks of their salaries for electricity and water despite regular blackouts and mains water shut-offs.

Reuters · May 15, 2023

Barroso Robbed of Junior Welterweight Title in Controversial Loss to Romero

The 40-year-old Venezuelan missed out on a massive upset—and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars—all because of the referee’s hasty decision.

Sports Illustrated · May 14, 2023

‘In the hands of God’: One Venezuelan family's journey to the US

When Luis López was lost in Panama's Darien Gap last year with his pregnant wife, their two children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

'All we want is to be safe': Migrants push north after end of Title 42

Confusion has rippled from the U.S.-Mexico border to migrant routes across the Americas, as migrants scramble to understand complex and ever-changing laws

The Independent UK · May 13, 2023

Migrants are frustrated with the border app, even after its latest overhaul

Immigration authorities touted a major update meant to improve CBP One, an app that's now the main authorized portal to seek asylum at the border. But migrants in Juárez say it's still not working.

WEKU · May 13, 2023