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Inside Venezuela’s Showdown:

Why U.S. Aid Can’t Get Through

NYT    21 February 2019

Inside Venezuela’s Showdown:

Why U.S. Aid Can’t Get Through

Video    Dispatches    The New York Times    21 February 2019

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela

has sent troops to the Colombian border

to block U.S. humanitarian aid

from entering his country.

The opposition promises to get the aid through,

but success hinges on whether the military

will defy his orders.

We went to the town of Cúcuta,

where the impasse is building to a confrontation.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWclv2-PyuI

How a Venezuelan Border Bridge

Became a Geopolitical Flashpoint

NYT    22 February 2019

How a Venezuelan Border Bridge Became a Geopolitical Flashpoint

Video    NYT News    The New York Times    22 February 2019

Venezuela’s president

— and the U.S.-backed opposition looking to oust him from power —

are using events at a barricaded border crossing to rally support.

Here’s why both sides are only telling half the story.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGOTsRkzwNw

The Breadmaker:

on the frontline of Venezuela's bakery wars

G    15 february 2019

The Breadmaker:

on the frontline of Venezuela's bakery wars

Video        The Guardian        15 february 2019

In the midst of Venezuela’s spiralling economic crisis,

Natalia and fellow members of a socialist Chavista collective

have stepped in to take over production

at a local bakery, La Minka.

Authorities had suspended operations

when the owners were accused of overpricing their loaves

and hoarding flour.

In March 2017,

with the tacit support of the government,

the collective began selling affordable bread.

This is the story of their fight

to safeguard the bakery's future

and keep the Chavista dream alive.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2vLoW04Bc4

Maduro Is Losing Ground

with Venezuela's Poor, Here's Why

NYT    8 February 2019

Maduro Is Losing Ground with Venezuela's Poor, Here's Why

Video        NYT News        The New York Times        8 February 2019

President Nicolás Maduro has long enjoyed

the support of Venezuelans in some poor neighborhoods.

But many have sided with the opposition in recent protests.

The government has noticed — and has cracked down.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8VKgwEiWsg

Tens of thousands protest in Venezuela

to urge Nicolás Maduro to resign

G    February 2019

Tens of thousands protest in Venezuela to urge Nicolás Maduro to resign

Video        The Guardian        2 February 2019

Opposition supporters held a nationwide protest on Saturday

in a bid to keep up the pressure on president Nicolás Maduro

after the international community widely recognised

self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó

as the legitimate president.

Venezuelans take to streets

in push to force Maduro from power

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPlxSXd0vcY

Why is Venezuela in crisis?

G    1 February 2019

Why is Venezuela in crisis?

Video        The Guardian        1 February 2019

Venezuelans have been

in a state of uncertainty since Juan Guaidó,

the leader of the democratically elected national assembly,

declared himself the interim president

in a move against the current leader, Nicolás Maduro.

How did this once prosperous country descend into chaos?

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E4P0W7RDkw

Venezuela:

Juan Guaidó declares himself interim president

after mass protests

G    27 January 2019

Venezuela:

Juan Guaidó declares himself interim president after mass protests

Video        The Guardian        27 January 2019

Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaidó,

has won significant international support

after declaring himself the country's interim president

in a dramatic escalation of efforts to force out Nicolás Maduro,

who has overseen the country’s

slide into authoritarianism and economic ruin

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zL-0sr7nsc

Mike Pence backs Venezuelan protesters

seeking to oust President Maduro

G    23 January 2019

Mike Pence backs

Venezuelan protesters seeking to oust President Nicolás Maduro

Video        The Guardian        23 January 2019

Mike Pence, the US vice-president,

has issued a video message

offering the country's ’unwavering support’

to Venezuelans protesting against

President Nicolás Maduro.

‘We stand with you,

and we will stay with you until democracy is restored,’

Pence said on the eve of demonstrations

*expected to take place across the country.

Maduro has accused Washington of trying to force a coup

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7QTyF9Q-qk

How Do You Win an Election in Venezuela?

Control the Food    NYT    May 22, 2018

How Do You Win an Election in Venezuela? Control the Food

Video        Times Documentaries        The New York Times        May 22, 2018

Subsidized eggs and frozen chickens

may help to explain

why President Nicolás Maduro stayed in power.

Our correspondents followed his supporters

as they enticed undernourished citizens

to vote for Mr. Maduro

in exchange for food.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWrLs6dKKpM

Why Venezuela’s Elections

Don’t Matter to a Desperate Populace

NYT    May 20, 2018

Why Venezuela’s Elections Don’t Matter to a Desperate Populace

Video        Times Documentaries        The New York Times        May 20, 2018

Elections are approaching in Venezuela,

but many citizens have other concerns.

As President Nicolás Maduro

looks to stay in power,

thousands are trying to flee.

A Times video correspondent

traveled to the Colombian border town of Cúcuta.

This is what he saw.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9rtfFRyoAA

Anailin Nava, 2, was malnourished

and suffering from an untreated condition.

Her mother, Maibeli Nava,

said doctors prescribe medications

that are unavailable or unaffordable.

Photograph: Meridith Kohut

for The New York Times

Nurse Hitchhikes to Help Girl

Whose Photo Drew Attention to Hunger in Venezuela

NYT

May 20, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/
world/americas/venezuela-hunger-aid.html

Venezuela        FR / UK / USA

https://www.theguardian.com/world/
venezuela

https://www.theguardian.com/world/
nicolas-maduro

2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/
world/americas/venezuelan-embassy-opposition-activists.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/
nyregion/venezuelan-gang-aragua-crimes.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/
venezuelas-exiled-opposition-leader-said-he-was-told-before-flight-
theyre-coming-2024-09-20/

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/
pictures-nationwide-blackout-leaves-venezuela-dark-2024-08-30/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/26/
nicolas-maduro-intent-third-term-1600-opponents-venezuela

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/
world/americas/venezuela-election-maduro.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2024/07/29/
g-s1-14064/venezuela-election-photos-maduro-machado-gonzalez

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/29/
children-indigenous-venezuelans-economic-crisis-warao-brazil-brazilian-slum

2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/29/
1215547427/venezuela-oil-spill-maracaibo

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/31/
1207963084/venezuela-migrants-to-us

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/
1204017730/migrants-deportation-flights-venezuela-border-immigration

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/
1203045232/migrants-darien-jungle-panama-to-us

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/30/
1202828692/venezuelans-continue-to-flee-the-country-
as-the-economy-shows-no-signs-of-recove

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/
1200719816/venezuelan-migrants-temporary-protected-status-us-border

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/19/
world/americas/colombia-venezuela-migrants-refugees.html

2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/
world/americas/migrants-darien-gap.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/oct/28/
venezuela-lost-prosperity-fabiola-ferrero-in-pictures

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/10/
1127792975/landslide-venezuela-more-than-20-dead

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/
world/americas/venezuelan-migrants-us-border.html

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/
1085512093/russias-war-on-ukraine-has-hurt-oil-prices-
and-now-the-u-s-is-talking-to-venezue

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/01/11/
1071485460/why-the-kids-of-venezuela-arent-getting-enough-to-eat

2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/
world/americas/venezuela-terrorist-colombia-ELN.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/
world/americas/venezuela-birth-control-women.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/
965853031/colombia-offers-temporary-legal-status-
to-nearly-1-million-venezuelan-migrants

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/
957309093/women-fleeing-venezuela-are-targeted-with-sexual-assault-
as-they-cross-into-colo

2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/10/
909119540/venezuelas-fuel-shortage-
upends-longtime-colombian-border-gas-smuggling-trade

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/
901501100/coronavirus-comes-to-venezuela

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/30/
a-dollar-for-sex-venezuelas-women-tricked-and-trafficked

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/
world/americas/venezuela-forced-disappearances-Maduro.html

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/may/18/
farce-and-tragedy-how-an-audacious-coup-attempt-in-venezuela-backfired

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/02/
riot-in-central-venezuelean-prison-kills-dozens

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/12/
venezuelans-return-home-coronavirus-migrants

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/
world/americas/venezuela-pregnancy-birth-death.html

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/10/
831569313/many-venezuelan-hospitals-lack-basics-to-function-
let-alone-handle-covid-19

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/
nyregion/venezuela-president-drug-trafficking-nicolas-maduro.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/
world/americas/venezuela-migration-children.html

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/20/
one-million-children-left-behind-those-who-stay-venezuela-amid-exodus

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/15/
venezuela-schools-collapse-amid-economic-crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/12/
venezuela-crisis-
babies-die-malnutrition-depression-deprivation-infant-mortality

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/19/
784178950/his-dad-died-in-a-venezuelan-hospital-
what-he-saw-in-the-morgue-still-haunts-him

2019

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/09/06/
757822363/a-doctor-or-nurse-might-earn-6-a-month-in-venezuela-
if-theyre-lucky

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/21/
733526073/venezuelans-take-risky-voyage-to-cura-ao-to-flee-crisis

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/07/
730687807/u-n-says-more-than-4-million-people-have-left-venezuela

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/
world/americas/venezuela-hunger-aid.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/
world/americas/venezuela-economy.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2019/may/02/
venezuela-maduro-denounces-coup-plotters-and-traitors-video

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/01/
718893535/amid-violence-in-venezuela-maduro-digs-in

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/04/
709193469/chronicles-of-a-venezuelan-exodus-more-families-flee-the-crisis-on-foot-every-da

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/02/
709055837/journalist-describes-an-almost-unimaginable-crisis-in-venezuela

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/14/
703273849/a-honduran-father-is-reunited-with-his-daughter-
10-months-after-being-separated

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/13/
venezuela-hyperinflation-bolivar-banknotes-dollars

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/08/
701448955/blackout-in-venezuela-leaves-its-leaders-casting-blame-in-the-dark

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=FWclv2-PyuI - NYT - 21 February 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/08/
701448955/blackout-in-venezuela-leaves-its-leaders-casting-blame-in-the-dark

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/03/08/
699341685/the-left-behind-kids-of-venezuela

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/06/
700009808/we-re-leaving-out-of-necessity-
venezuelans-are-the-top-asylum-seekers-in-spain

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/feb/23/
in-pictures-venezuela-clashes-amid-rising-tensions

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=BGOTsRkzwNw - NYT - 22 February 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/22/
696940060/venezuelas-maduro-orders-closure-of-brazilian-border

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/22/
696057482/trumps-venezuela-moves-
follow-long-history-of-intervention-in-latin-america

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=T2vLoW04Bc4 - G - 15 February 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/16/
695154567/u-s-masses-aid-along-venezuelan-border-
as-some-humanitarian-groups-warn-of-risks

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/15/
695100627/venezuelas-health-crisis-spills-over-to-neighboring-countries

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/
692698637/humanitarian-aid-arrives-for-venezuela-but-maduro-blocks-it

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=B8VKgwEiWsg - NYT - 8 February 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/
lens/venezuela-women-prison-jail.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/05/
691588994/collapse-of-health-system-sends-venezuelans-fleeing-to-brazil-for-basic-meds

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=dPlxSXd0vcY - G - 2 February 2019

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=7E4P0W7RDkw - G - 1 February 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2019/feb/01/
why-is-venezuela-in-crisis-video-explainer

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/27/
688707295/who-is-venezuelas-juan-guaid

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=7zL-0sr7nsc - G - 27 January 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/26/
688868687/amid-chaos-venezuelans-struggle-to-find-the-truth-online

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/25/
688576099/tense-political-standoff-continues-in-crisis-wracked-venezuela

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2019/jan/24/
venezuela-protests-as-two-leaders-vie-to-be-president-in-pictures

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=u7QTyF9Q-qk - G - 23 January 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/
685850399/fleeing-crisis-
some-venezuelans-are-recruited-by-rebel-forces-fighting-in-colomb

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/
world/americas/venezeula-juan-guaido-arrest.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/01/13/
684438592/photos-the-forgotten-old-people-of-venezuela

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2019/jan/10/
caracas-street-children-venezuela-in-pictures

2018

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2018/dec/24/
venezuelans-in-brazil-migrant-camps-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/19/
central-america-migrants-us-foreign-policy

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/151218/
l-ex-chaviste-luisa-ortega-diaz-le-venezuela-n-pas-de-gouvernement-
mais-une-bande-de-delinquants

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2018/dec/06/
hunger-and-exodus-venezuela-in-crisis

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=yWCVMPTkPeA - G - 18 September 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/
reader-center/venezuela-crisis-meridith-kohut-photojournalist.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/11/
643722787/for-many-in-venezuela-social-media-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/20/
venezuela-bolivars-hyperinflation-banknotes

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/27/
world/americas/venezuela-money-how-to-survive.html

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=VWrLs6dKKpM - May 22, 2018

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/22/
613250814/president-trump-approves-new-sanctions-on-venezuela

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Y9rtfFRyoAA  - May 20, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/
100000005908945/how-to-win-an-election-in-venezuela-
control-the-food.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/05/12/
610132680/many-venezuelan-workers-are-leaving-the-job-and-the-country

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/
world/americas/venezuela-brazil-migrants.html

2017

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/17/
world/americas/venezuela-children-starving.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/15/
el-helicoide-venezuela-caracas-building-symbol

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/09/14/
551026492/let-them-eat-rabbit-
is-venezuelan-presidents-response-to-food-shortages

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/23/
534118257/for-the-venezuelan-opposition-protests-are-like-a-war

https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/
merdith-kohut-wins-the-fifth-annual-getty-images-and-chris-hondros-award/

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/07/
522912791/venezuelas-bread-wars-with-food-scarce-government-accuses-bakers-of-hoarding

2016

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/10/21/
498867764/episode-731-how-venezuela-imploded

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/07/12/
485651368/the-colombia-venezuela-border-open-to-smugglers-closed-to-the-desperate

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/07/07/
485058730/venezuelas-economic-implosion-exacerbates-inequality

Caracas        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2019/jan/10/
caracas-street-children-venezuela-
in-pictures

Warao communities        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/29/
children-indigenous-venezuelans-economic-crisis-warao-brazil-brazilian-slum

gang > Tren de Aragua        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/
nyregion/venezuelan-gang-aragua-crimes.html

religion / faith,

abuse, sexual abuse,

violence, extremism,

secularism, atheism

politics > USA

genocide, war,

weapons, arms sales,

espionage, torture

conflicts, wars, climate, poverty >

asylum seekers, displaced people,

migrants, refugees

worldwide

terrorism, global terrorism,

militant groups,

intelligence, spies, surveillance

immigration > USA

health > Coronaviruses >

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