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Venezuela is experiencing the deepest and most prolonged crisis of its history, due both the actions of the Maduro government and the aggressive interventionist policies of the United States. Alongside the political crisis, a protracted recession for the last seven years has caused dramatic humanitarian impacts, including alarming levels of child malnutrition and the collapse of public services, especially in health and education. For a large proportion of the population, the minimum salary is not enough even to pay for the transportation to reach their place of work. Life expectancy has dropped significantly. A generalized feeling of hopelessness for the future has led over five million Venezuelans to emigrate. In the last year, the Covid-19 pandemic has deepened this multidimensional crisis.