Diasporas are often treated by media and policymakers as monolithic blocs, but the reality is more complicated.
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Prolonged economic crisis and an authoritarian government has led 8 million Venezuelans to emigrate.
After decades of hostility, Venezuela’s support became crucial to Cuba’s survival.
How various factions respond to the Trump administration’s threat to be the de facto ruler of the country could quickly inflame domestic tensions and lead to conflict.
If Washington governs by force in Venezuela, it will repeat the failures of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya: Power can topple regimes, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy.
As Venezuela’s strongman leader prepares to be sworn in as president, the country’s opposition vows to fight on.
The fallout from Venezuela’s election will throw the country deeper into crisis.
Nicolás Maduro cracks down on civil liberties as Venezuela prepares for its presidential election.
More than 6 million people have fled Venezuela seeking better living conditions – now they are boosting economic growth in their host countries.
Though not a rich country, Colombia is unusually well equipped to handle mass migration because of its own history with political strife and displacement.
The coronavirus-related closure of the Colombian border hasn’t stopped desperate Venezuelans from entering – but it has made the trip more dangerous.
If anyone can convince the Maduro government and the Venezuelan opposition to come together to fight COVID-19, it’s the Pope. But the Church’s power to negotiate an emergency deal is limited.
The only centre for LGBTQ+ refugees in Latin America is overwhelmed by demand and is struggling to take in refugees from Venezuela.
Citing national security, Ecuador, Peru and Chile have all made it harder for Venezuelan migrants to enter the country, and xenophobia is rising across the region – even in more welcoming Colombia.
For one, you can’t break an economy that’s already broken.
The devastating costs of economic sanctions on Venezuela are being ignored or disregarded. So too is the lack of a legal basis for international intervention.
At the beginning of the 1980s, homicides were relatively rare in Venezuela. Now, it’s one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America.
Venezuela’s most famous political prisoner, freed from house arrest by soldiers who turned against President Maduro, now faces arrest after leading an April 30 rebellion against Maduro’s government.
Venezuela is on the cusp of a coup, and a familiar face has emerged from house arrest to lead the charge against President Nicolás Maduro.
As rival factions vie for control over Venezuela, many of the country’s 31 million people are suffering prolonged power outages, food and water shortages, and limited access to medicine.
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