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The Washington Post
Activists who occupied Venezuela’s embassy in Washington honored at ceremony in Caracas
A group of American activists who lived inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington for more than a month amid round-the-clock protests and occasional violent clashes were honored in Caracas this week by President Nicolás Maduro...
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Bloomberg
ICE Asks If You’ve Seen Venezuela’s ‘Most Wanted’ Minister​
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement published a photograph of Venezuela Industry Minister Tareck El Aissami, one of President Nicolas Maduro’s closest allies, with the question, “Have you seen this most wanted fugitive?”...
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The Hill
House passes temporary immigration protections for Venezuelans
A bipartisan bill to grant temporary relief from immigration enforcement to Venezuelans in the United States passed the House in a 272-158 vote on Tuesday...
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UNHCR
Refugees and migrants from Venezuela top 4 million: UNHCR and IOM
The number of Venezuelans leaving their country has reached 4 million, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration, announced today...
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BBC
VENEZUELA: ALL  YOU NEED TO KNOW IN NINE CHARTS
Growing discontent in Venezuela, fueled by hyperinflation, power cuts and food and medicine shortages, has led to a political crisis...
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Forbes
The Collapse And Upcoming Rise Of Venezuela And Its Oil Industry
How could Venezuela, the country with the largest oil resources in the planet -- which received the largest commodity windfall in Latin America’s history...
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Bloomberg
Venezuelan Troops Trained Rebels to Fire Rockets, Colombia Says
Venezuelan soldiers loyal to embattled President Nicolas Maduro have trained members of South America’s most dangerous guerrilla force to use heat-seeking anti-aircraft missiles, according to Colombian authorities...
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The Washington Post
What will become of the Venezuelan Embassy — and activists who lived for weeks inside and outside?
​After weeks of round-the-clock protests, police patrols and sometimes violent clashes, the Northwest Washington street on which the Venezuelan Embassy sits has returned to a quiet order...
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United States Senate Committee
SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION TO HELP RESTORE DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today praised committee passage of the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development (VERDAD) Act...
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The New York Times
‘It Is Unspeakable’: How Maduro Used Cuban Doctors to Coerce Venezuela Voters
Yansnier Arias knew it was wrong. It violated the Constitution, not to mention the oath he took as a doctor in Cuba...
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National Review
The Economics of Tyranny in Venezuela
Venezuela is a human catastrophe. The evidence is brutally visible and can no longer be explained away by apologists for tyranny...
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El Estímulo
EMBAJADA VENEZOLANA EN WASHINGTON: UNA MUESTRA DE LA CRISIS EN ESTADOS UNIDOS​
A simple vista, similitudes: un grupo de personas, minoría frente a sus adversarios, ocupa de forma ilegal un lugar que pertenece a otros...
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USA for UNHCR
Venezuela Crisis Explained
3.7 million Venezuelans have fled the country since 2014 because of political strife, human rights abuses and lack of economic opportunity...
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The New York Times
Nurse Hitchhikes to Help Girl Whose Photo Drew Attention to Hunger in Venezuela
When an image of the young Venezuelan girl first began to circulate last week, the reaction was almost instantaneous...
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Brookings
Chavismo is the worst of all sanctions: The evidence behind the humanitarian catastrophe in Venezuela
A few days ago, the New York Times’ Anatoly Kurmanaev described the humanitarian catastrophe Venezuelans have experienced...
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Thomson Reuters
Deputy of Venezuela's Guaido arrested and dragged away by tow truck
Venezuelan intelligence agents detained opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s congressional deputy on Wednesday, using a tow truck...
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Politico Magazine
‘We Are Going To Take Over the Premises’
The Venezuelan crisis, a months-long standoff in which opposition forces have tried to wrest control of an economically spiraling country...
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Telemundo 44
Activistas arrestados afuera de la embajada venezolana en DC
La tensión por los enfrentamientos en Venezuela también se vive en la capital. El martes en la noche, una mujer venezolana terminó hospitalizada...
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The Washington Post
No diplomats, no Venezuelans as activists occupy DC embassy
The Venezuelan embassy in Washington has been full of people for a month. None is a diplomat. None is Venezuelan...
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The Washington Post
Don't call it a coup. Venezuelans have a right to replace an oppressive, toxic regime.
DEEP UNCERTAINTY surrounds the latest events in Venezuela. Tuesday began with a pre-dawn recorded address to the public by interim...
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Forbes
No, U.S. Sanctions Are Not Killing Venezuela. Maduro Is
Somali-American and Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar might have a legitimate reason to disdain U.S. foreign interventionism...
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BBC
Venezuela crisis
​in 300 ​words
Venezuela is engulfed in a political crisis with two rival politicians claiming to be the country's legitimate leader...
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Telemundo New England
Legislators discuss ways to facilitate legal status for venezuelans
More than 10 local Boston legislators met with Venezuelan activists to discuss the current crisis...
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BBC
Venezuela crisis: How the political situation escalated
Venezuela's political crisis appears to be reaching a boiling point amid growing efforts by the opposition...
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    • Violation of Human Rights: The UN Reports
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