Updated on 01/01/2022 12:38 pm President Venezuelan, Nicolas Maduro, congratulated this Saturday the “people and Government of the Republic of Cuba”On the 63rd anniversary of the triumph of the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. “The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, on behalf of the Venezuelan People and Government, […]
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How Venezuela got its oil production out of lethargy
Venezuela It nearly doubled its oil production in 2021 from last year’s record lows after its state-owned company struck deals that allowed it to extract and process more extra-heavy crude into exportable varieties. The surprising reversal began with the support of small oil service companies that accepted debt repayment agreements with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), […]
The price of being a priest in impoverished Venezuela in times of COVID-19
The largest popular neighborhood in Caracas, Petare, mourned the death of Father Miguel Vargas for COVID-19. It has been a common story in recent months in Venezuela, a Catholic country, with high poverty, in which one in five priests has contracted the coronavirus. “Father Miguel was a very happy man, very helpful and very open […]
Venezuela or social democratic Europe, which will be Boric’s left in Chile?
The triumph of Gabriel Boric in the presidential elections in Chile raises the question of which left does he represent. Branded as “communist” by his critics, and allied with them, he nonetheless points to social democratic Europe as an inspiration for the “welfare state” he promotes. In a country with strong social inequalities, where 1% […]
Venezuelan NGO denounces that Chavista regime checks equipment and deletes material from journalists
The Venezuelan NGO Espacio Público denounced that the State security forces arbitrarily check the telephones or equipment with which journalists work in the street, thus restricting “the exercise of freedom of expression, information and opinion.” This system has increased – assured the NGO – “slowly but steadily”, In recent years, in which the“illegal confiscation“Of equipment […]
They ask for US $ 304 million to assist 900,000 Venezuelans in Peru
The Response Plan for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela in Peru has asked the international community to raise US $ 304 million to complement the Peruvian government’s assistance to some 900,000 refugees and migrants from that country in 2022. Peru has received 1.29 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants and currently has more than 530,000 refugee […]
Venezuela resurrects oil fields with backpacks of dollars
Amid the rusting remains of Venezuela’s once powerful oil industry, a motley crew of shady drillers has accomplished a feat few believed possible: doubling the country’s crude production in the span of a year. State-owned Petróleos de Venezuela SA has been pumping around 908,000 barrels a day for the past week, according to people familiar […]
Russian tourists take advantage of the Moscow-Caracas air connection to go to Isla Margarita
“At last we came from so far to a country with extraordinary nature, an exciting ocean, dancing and singing people.” Татьяна (Tatiana) flew 14 hours from Russia to Venezuela, to visit tourist areas of this country, including the idyllic island of Margarita. “We kayaked, saw flamingos and pelicans,” he tells BBC Mundo this 43-year-old Russian, […]
NGO denounces escalation of violence against journalists and media in Venezuela
La ONG de Venezuela Espacio Público denounced an “escalation of violence” by the State security forces against journalists and the media during the month of November, when 103 violations of freedom of expression were reported. According to the organization, the most frequent were intimidation, censorship and administrative restrictions, “actions that seek to reduce the citizen’s […]
NGO Foro Penal denounces that in Venezuela there are 248 political prisoners
Updated on 07/12/2021 06:32 pm The Venezuelan NGO Foro Penal denounced that there are 248 detainees in the country whom it considers to be political prisoners, three fewer than in its last report, published on November 30. “To date, in the Penal Forum we have registered 248 political prisoners in Venezuela. In addition, 9,420 people […]