This Venezuelan teacher obtained a date to request asylum in the US after a year of waiting in Mexico. Her children are already on American soil, but she worries the president-elect could cancel the program
The modest recovery of recent years fails to mask Venezuela’s crisis: a shattered productive structure, poverty levels nearly three times the regional average, and profound inequality
In this epic Latin American tragedy, the task ahead is not only to rebuild a democracy that has been destroyed. It is also to rebuild an economy, a society, and a country
The Venezuelan leader responds defiantly to the request for international action against him made by former Colombian presidents Álvaro Uribe and Iván Duque
Argentina said the Chavista leader clings to his position ‘by imposing himself through fear, aggression, murder and prison.’ Other large countries, on the political left and right, also refused to recognize him as a legitimate leader
Opposition candidate Edmundo González, who had promised to return to the country and be the one to be sworn in as president, remains in Dominican Republic
Despite widespread domestic and international dissent, the Chavista president is pressing ahead with plans to be sworn in for another term on Friday
Nicolás Maduro’s government launches a fresh wave of arrests against opponents, activists and foreign citizens while the opposition says that its candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, will be sworn in on Friday
A reconstruction of the last six months of turmoil in Venezuela following the July elections, highlighting the opposition’s accusations of fraud, the exile of González Urrutia, the presentation of the paper tallies, the repression and persecution of Chavismo, and the growing tension leading up to the inauguration on January 10
President Nicolás Maduro has practically sealed off the capital against Edmundo González’s intention to take office on Friday as the next president of Venezuela
Figures on registration of children and teens on their way to the United States reflect that more families now undertake the journey together, and show a marked increase in Venezuelan nationals
Residents are turning to cryptocurrency to try to beat inflation on the eve of a key political moment
Venezuela’s ruling party makes a show of force and warns that anyone attempting an insurrection or an invasion to prevent the president from being sworn in ‘will pay dearly’
As the president-elect prepares to take office on January 20 he faces several challenges, from his stance on Venezuela to his relationship with Sheinbaum, while Milei stands out as his strongest ally in the region
Law firms and immigrant advocacy organizations report a significant rise in consultations following the Republican’s election victory
In the first 10 months of 2024, over 280,000 migrants crossed the barrier between Colombia and Panama, including Venezuelans, Ecuadorians, and people from countries as far afield as Vietnam, DR Congo, and Afghanistan. EL PAÍS delves into the jungle to follow these travelers, sharing their difficult stories and big dreams. Some are left behind along the way. With the help of UNICEF, we visit the towns that welcome these weary souls on the other side
A significant milestone has been reached: the census reveals that 1,038,671 people born in Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas now reside in the region. Just 25 years ago, this number was only 81,552, highlighting the rapid pace of a wave that is reshaping the community
Sixteen undocumented Venezuelan nationals are being held in federal custody in connection with a violent home invasion during which two fellow Venezuelans were held and tortured for hours
Relatives of the deceased have denounced the lack of medical care and mistreatment in the prisons. Both victims were arrested during the protests that followed the June 28 elections
The more than probable return of Nicolás Maduro to the presidency does not end the hopes of Edmundo González and María Corina Machado of being able to impose the result of the elections
Six collaborators of María Corina Machado have spent nearly nine months in the diplomatic residence, where they depend on generators after the power was cut
Andrés Villavicencio, an electoral observer for the opposition, went viral for publicly announcing the results of the presidential elections in his town of Falcón. Now, he’s being persecuted by the Venezuelan government
The measure adds to another 225 conditional releases made last month in the middle of a legitimacy crisis for the Chavista regime
The Venezuelan president’s message comes at a time of uncertainty about what kind of relationship the Chavista government can expect with the incoming US administration of Donald Trump
The US and the María Corina Machado-led opposition are convinced that Edmundo González will take over from Nicolás Maduro on January 10, despite the threats of imprisonment
Joe Biden’s administration is trying to increase pressure on the Chavista regime with less than two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House
Venezuela’s opposition has called for a protest for December 1, while Nicolás Maduro has warned his opponents not to ‘underestimate the strength’ of his regime
