By Genesis Carrero Soto Caracas, Jul 3 (EFE).- Activists, diplomats, mothers, young people, children and even dogs dressed in the colors of the LGBTI+ flag turned out on Sunday in the streets of Caracas to take part in a march called by the LGBTI+ community to close out Pride Month in Venezuela. Thousands of people …
By Genesis Carrero Soto Caracas, Jun 16 (EFE).- Marian’s three children look out the window toward Petare, Venezuela’s largest shantytown, in hopes their father will bring some food home to their empty kitchen. Meanwhile, in an affluent area on the other side of Caracas, David and Ricardo are planning to open two more locations of …
By Genesis Carrero Soto Bolivar, Venezuela, Apr 28 (EFE).- After three decades as the principal economic support for some 1,300 Warao indigenous people, the Cambalache landfill in the southeastern Venezuelan state of Bolivar can no longer sustain a community abandoned by the government. The Warao – the name means “people of the water” – were …
By Genesis Carrero Soto Bolivar state, Venezuela, Apr 21 (EFE) – The southeastern Venezuelan state of Bolivar is a land of great hydroelectric potential and abundant wealth of iron ore, gold, platinum, diamonds and other minerals. But residents there are currently facing a slew of economic problems: a lack of available cash, socioeconomic disparities and …
By Genesis Carrero Soto Monagas state, Venezuela, Apr 7 (EFE).- A noise akin to a passenger jet lifting off greets those arriving in the northwest part of the Venezuelan state of Monagas, where local residents keep their ears plugged at all times and communicate by shouting. But there’s no airport. The source of the thunderous …