Olef and Zeus, two restless one-and-a-half-year-old twins, believe they are going to “go on a safari to see animals” This is what their mother told them on the bus ride from Venezuela for “camouflage“The real reason: to cross the dangerous jungle of Darien to get to Panama a scale towards USA. With a kangaroo to […]
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Cryptocurrencies, a mechanism for protecting purchasing power in Venezuela
The sector of the cryptocurrencies faces in Venezuela a series of weaknesses related to services, legislation and educationwhich plays against its development in the country, where these virtual currencies are used, basically, as a reserve of value, while their weight in commercial transactions remains reduced and without growth, according to experts. While inflation has slowed, […]
Salaries and credits, the “sacrifices” in Venezuela’s anti-inflationary policy
The inflation in Venezuelawhich in June fell to 1%, has slowed down as a result of a policy to stabilize the price of the dollar – the currency used in the country to price goods and services – for which they have also “sacrificed” wages and bank loans, experts warn. The Executive assures that this […]
US extends license for export of liquefied petroleum gas to Venezuela
The government of the president Joe Biden has extended this Monday the license that authorizes some export transactions of Liquid gas of Petroleum to Venezuela, the US Treasury Department reported. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which is part of this department, will allow “all transactions related to the export or re-export, direct or […]
Nicolás Maduro faces the toughest electoral contest of his decade in power
The self-proclaimed socialist government of Venezuela faces a serious electoral challenge in a presidential election for the first time in decades. President Nicolas Maduro, now in his 11th year in office, is being challenged by former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who leads a resurgent opposition, as well as eight other candidates. The official campaign period […]
Venezuela stands out in the Copa America and gives hope amid the political crisis
Less than a month before the elections in Venezuela and with political tensions escalating, the national team’s brilliant performance in the America Cup football has generated a new wave of hope among Venezuelans inside and outside the country. La Vinotinto — as the team is known — completed the first phase of the tournament in […]
“Unomia stolonífera”, the coral that invades the coasts of Venezuela and threatens the Caribbean
A coral called “unomia stolofínera”From Indonesia, silently invades the coast of Venezuela for almost two decades, but its rapid spread has begun to disrupt human activities such as fishing and the tourisma problem that threatens to spread throughout the Caribbean. This exotic species, with no natural predators in the Caribbean waters, has colonized thousands of […]
Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, on the US list of countries with the most human trafficking
Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua are among the countries with the greatest existence of human trafficking according to the list prepared by the United States, since they do not meet the minimum standards for elimination and do not make significant efforts to do so. This is clear from the 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) […]
Maduro says opposition candidates plan a coup at “any moment”
The president of Venezuela and candidate for re-election, Nicolas Maduroaccused the two opposition candidates who did not sign an agreement to recognize the result of the July 28 elections – Edmundo González and Enrique Márquez – of planning a coup d’état for “any moment.” Maduro assured that he has evidence in this regard, however, he […]
Venezuelan government says it will not recognize the “forced sale” of Citgo in the US
The government of Venezuela rejected this Monday the “dispossession process” of Citgothe Venezuelan oil company located in the United States, while saying that it will not recognize the “forced sale of the company, considering that economic guarantees, due process and the right to defense are not met. “The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela […]