by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Inter Press Service CARACAS, Jan 31 (IPS) – Rural life in Latin America and the Caribbean continues to be marked by…
Read more Poverty and Inequality Mark Rural Life in Latin AmericaSuicide rates doubled in Venezuela during the harshest years of its humanitarian crisis. Males between the ages of 30 and 50, a productive age when it is very…
Read more Suicides, Another Face of the Crisis in VenezuelaOn residential streets of Caracas with little traffic it is possible to see cars that have been abandoned by their owners for years. They probably migrated from Venezuela…
Read more Migration Puts the Brakes on Venezuela’s VehiclesA view of the Altos de Florida neighborhood in Bogotá, Colombia. Overcoming poverty is the first of the Sustainable Development Goals, and in the Latin American and Caribbean…
Read more Latin America Is Lagging in Its Homework to Meet the SDGsThe shortages of days in the classroom and teachers, and the poverty of their schools and living conditions, provide for a very poor education for Venezuela’s children and…
Read more Venezuela’s Educational System Heading Towards State of Total CollapseA photo of journalists dedicated to covering the agendas of nearby communities, like these ones in a town in Colombia, is uncommon in poor areas of Latin American…
Read more News Deserts Are Rampant in Latin AmericaConstruction workers in Chile are among those who will benefit from the gradual reduction of the workweek from the current 45 hours to 40, within five years. A…
Read more The Workweek Is Still Long in Latin AmericaLGBTIQ+ activists in Caracas protest outside the National Electoral Council, in charge of the civil registry, demanding enforcement of the legal statute that authorizes a change of name…
Read more The LGBTIQ+ Community Still Oppressed in VenezuelaThe World Food Program has been active in Venezuela since last year, delivering bags of food to families of schoolchildren in some poor areas, such as remote areas…
Read more New Political Agreement Finally Tackles Venezuela’s Social CrisisView of the bulk fuel plant in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Because the kingdom needs oil prices to remain high to balance its budget, it pushed OPEC and its…
Read more Oil Exporters Make Markets, Not WarVenezuelan migrants stranded in Guatemala after their journey to Mexico was cut short by new restrictions issued by the United States. Most of them, unable to afford to…
Read more Migration for Many Venezuelans Turns from Hope to Nightmare
