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We are part of the Venezuelan diaspora spread across all five continents, working together to inform about the real situation in our country.
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Over the past few years, the number of Venezuelans who have emigrated due to the humanitarian crisis in the country has grown exponentially. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, that number exceeds 4 million Venezuelans—about 13% of the population.
What Do We Do?
Our work focuses on explaining the motives behind the current crisis Venezuela is going through, which started back in the early 2000s because of wrong macroeconomic decisions made by the government of late President Hugo Chávez. The pursue of implementing a socialist political and economic system in Venezuela has caused the country once known as the richest in Latin America to become not only the poorest but the most corrupt one.
To do so we gather facts in order to debunk false information spread by people who repeat propaganda created by Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship. We hope our fact-based stories as Venezuelans will prompt others to #AskAVenezuelan about the socioeconomic and humanitarian issues the country faces today.
When Did We Begin?
We started on March 16th, 2019 after a protest in Washington D.C., where we witnessed first-hand the high levels of misinformation about the situation in Venezuela.
Our Core Values
Ask a Venezuelan is a non-party organization. We believe in freedom of speech, democracy, alternation of power, and free press. Therefore, we give voice to many whose voices cannot be heard neither in or out of Venezuela.
We respect the rule of law and embrace the Venezuelan Constitution as our main law. Given the wrong track our country is in due to several violations of the Constitution, we do support a democratic political change in Venezuela so a new government can address all the issues affecting Venezuelans inside and outside its borders. According to the Venezuelan Constitution, Juan Guaidó is the Interim President of Venezuela with a duty to call for free, universal elections to reinstate the rule of law in the country. Therefore, we support all the actions taken by the interim administration to move forward the agenda of ending the dictatorship and returning democracy to Venezuela through peaceful and lawful means.
Ask a Venezuelan upholds the values of inclusiveness and respect as a grassroots organization. We neither support nor echo hate and/or discriminatory language, behavior or any form of expression that undermines people or groups on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, political ideology, or sexual orientation. Individuals who engage in this kind of actions do so at a personal level, and do not represent Ask a Venezuelan whatsoever.
Our work focuses on explaining the motives behind the current crisis Venezuela is going through, which started back in the early 2000s because of wrong macroeconomic decisions made by the government of late President Hugo Chávez. The pursue of implementing a socialist political and economic system in Venezuela has caused the country once known as the richest in Latin America to become not only the poorest but the most corrupt one.
To do so we gather facts in order to debunk false information spread by people who repeat propaganda created by Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship. We hope our fact-based stories as Venezuelans will prompt others to #AskAVenezuelan about the socioeconomic and humanitarian issues the country faces today.
When Did We Begin?
We started on March 16th, 2019 after a protest in Washington D.C., where we witnessed first-hand the high levels of misinformation about the situation in Venezuela.
Our Core Values
Ask a Venezuelan is a non-party organization. We believe in freedom of speech, democracy, alternation of power, and free press. Therefore, we give voice to many whose voices cannot be heard neither in or out of Venezuela.
We respect the rule of law and embrace the Venezuelan Constitution as our main law. Given the wrong track our country is in due to several violations of the Constitution, we do support a democratic political change in Venezuela so a new government can address all the issues affecting Venezuelans inside and outside its borders. According to the Venezuelan Constitution, Juan Guaidó is the Interim President of Venezuela with a duty to call for free, universal elections to reinstate the rule of law in the country. Therefore, we support all the actions taken by the interim administration to move forward the agenda of ending the dictatorship and returning democracy to Venezuela through peaceful and lawful means.
Ask a Venezuelan upholds the values of inclusiveness and respect as a grassroots organization. We neither support nor echo hate and/or discriminatory language, behavior or any form of expression that undermines people or groups on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, political ideology, or sexual orientation. Individuals who engage in this kind of actions do so at a personal level, and do not represent Ask a Venezuelan whatsoever.
