Colombia’s great coronavirus exodus
After years of receiving foreigners, from tourists and immigrants to refugees, the coronavirus pandemic abruptly reversed this trend and triggered a mass exodus from Colombia….
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04.28.20: Controlled Reality
Maduro announced this afternoon that there were no new cases of COVID-19 detected in the country over the last 24 hours. The total number of…
New Minimum Wage Is Less Than Four Dollars | Caracas Chronicles
Photo: Sumarium Briefing New Minimum Wage Is Less Than Four Dollars Old political actors are appointed to the Oil and Energy Ministry, and the PDVSA…
How coronavirus spread through South America
From his accommodation in Rio de Janeiro, the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, can hear the nightly protests against Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s handling…
Big powers urged to freeze sanctions on Syria, Iran, Venezuela during virus
GENEVA (Reuters) – Major powers must suspend economic sanctions against countries including Syria, Iran and Venezuela during the coronarivus pandemic which threatens to worsen hunger…
Argentina: Yet Another Generalized Default?
By Arturo C. Porzecanski* Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Argentine President Alberto Fernández during a working meeting with governors last week/ Casa…
Maduro Appoints One Of America’s Most Wanted As New Oil Minister | OilPrice.com
Amid a worsening gasoline shortage and Chevron and Halliburton’s imminent exit from Venezuela, the Nicolas Maduro government is looking to reverse the radical decline in…
Latin America to see sharp increase in hunger, poverty: FAO
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Hunger and poverty are set to spike in Latin America and the Caribbean as the impact of the novel coronavirus ravages the…
Dancing Against Disease and Evil Spirits | Caracas Chronicles
On April 5th, we saw a sun halo in the Venezuelan sky. The images went viral thanks to dozens of citizens, journalists, and media outlets…
This Day in History: April 28
On this day, April 28 … 1967: Muhammad Ali is stripped of his heavyweight boxing title after he refuses to be drafted into the U.S. armed…
