Gabriela Montiel, 23 years old, college student. Before quarantine, I could leave my house every day to buy food, or to accompany my mother in her daily tasks, but now we only leave our house once a week to buy […]
Gabriela Montiel, 23 años de edad, estudiante. Antes de la cuarentena, todos los días podía salir de mi casa a comprar comida, o a acompañar a mi mamá en sus labores diarias, pero ahora salimos de nuestra casa sólo una […]
Kenny Buyón, a Venezuelan returning home by foot, crossed the border between Peru and Ecuador early Sunday morning. It was the most appropriate time to avoid the eye of the military and police, who, he says, charge migrants about $ […]
Little Gaby is afflicted by two types of lung disease that keep her hooked up to a machine so she can breathe. But the device runs on electric power, and when the lights went out in La Grita, her family had to […]
During José Luis Guerra’s childhood, uncle Raúl was a source of puzzlement… and fear. More often than not, he would wake up to Raúl’s screaming. Raúl was a man who drank chlorine and hid onions and tomatoes in his trouser pockets, which […]
Water Shortages in Hospitals Heighten Risk in Country, Region (Washington, DC) – The Venezuelan healthcare system is grossly unprepared for the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, further jeopardizing the health of Venezuelans and threatening to contribute to regional spread of the disease, […]
