Brazil will send army troops to patrol its northern border after violence erupted between locals and Venezuelan migrants. With thousands of Venezuelans fleeing their country each week, neighbouring states are struggling to cope with the influx. The BBC reports there are more than a million Venezuelans in Colombia, more than […]
At 5:31 p.m. Tuesday, August 22, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits southern Venezuela. Though no immediate victim or damage was reported, the natural disaster raised a sense of tension in the country. Since the oil price drop in 2014, Venezuela, whose economy largely dependent on its oil resource, suffered from […]
Ecuador has declared a state of emergency in three provinces following a flood of Venezuelan migrants crossing into the country through neighbouring Colombia. This month, the number of refugees entering Ecuador jumped to 4,500 per day. The Ecuadorian government is struggling to cope with the influx of migrants, many of […]
On Saturday of last week, President Maduro of Venezuela survived an assassination attempt via drone. Several drones carrying explosives reportedly flew in Maduro’s direction while he gave a speech to celebrate the Venezuelan National Guard’s 81st anniversary. The event took place in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. While Maduro was not injured […]
Brazil has reopened its border with Venezuela in response to a ruling from the Brazilian Supreme Court. The northeastern land border in the Brazilian state of Roraima shut its doors to Venezuelan refugees fleeing economic and political turmoil, BBC News reported Tuesday 7 August. Judge Barreto ruled closure until conditions […]
Ecuador has declared a state of emergency in three provinces on Wednesday. This comes as a result of the rapidly increasing number of Venezuelan migrants crossing through neighboring Colombia, who are fleeing from Venezuela’s economic crisis. A state of emergency has been declared “in the provinces of Carchi, Pichincha and […]
Brazil has reopened its northern border to Venezuelan refugees after briefly blocking the frontier earlier in the week. The Supreme Court overruled a decision made by a federal court in the state of Roraima to temporarily close the border in an attempt to contain the influx of migrants. In Supreme […]
On the 23rd of July, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a report detailing how the already struggling Venezuelan Bolívar will surge to 1,000,000 percent inflation by the end of 2018. These are only the most recent markers of a steadily worsening economic crisis for the once developing nation. Since the […]
On Saturday August 4th, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in the middle of a speech at a military celebration in the capital city of Caracas when several explosions were heard, disrupting the event on live television. Multiple sources shared footage of the incident, showing Maduro addressing hundreds of soldiers when […]
The government crackdown on protests continues to intensify in Nicaragua as roughly 450 demonstrators have been killed with thousands more injured as of August 2, 2018 as reported by the Human Rights Watch. President Daniel Ortega has carried out a bloodbath since April against protests of his social security reforms, […]
