A nation on the move: Venezuelan migrants walk great distances to find better future

Jhony (pictured right) looks to hitch a ride with his son after having climbed the páramo in two days. The migrant crisis in Venezuela has seen...

Humanitarian aid to arrive at Venezuelan border as military standoff brews

Puente Tienditas barricaded by military vehicles. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Yesterday, February 6, Venezuelan military vehicles...

The Inauguration of Nicolas Maduro according to Twitter

Nicolas Maduro speaking to the Supreme Tribunal of Justice in February 2017. (Photo courtesy of the Venezuelan government) On Tuesday evening,...

Venezuelan migrants ‘in limbo’ while waiting for work permits

[caption id="attachment_33118" align="aligncenter" width="1060"] Venezuelan migrants congregating in Salitre last week told us ‘all we want is...

Venezuelan voices: Friends and family

A family of nine Venezuelan migrants struggle to keep together as they hitch with no mobile phone and a baby. “Look, if you’re going to...

Situation worsens on Colombian-Venezuelan border

[caption id="attachment_32749" align="alignnone" width="833"] A family crossing into Colombia at Paraguachón, La Guajira. Photo: Gerald...

Venezuelan voices: Long walk to the unknown

With the Venezuelan situation lurching from bad to worse, many people are leaving the country in search for food and medicine - some travelling on...

Venezuelan voices: Stories from the caminantes – continued

[caption id="attachment_32275" align="alignnone" width="960"] Pedro Luís: "The situation in Venezuela is hard. There is hunger, there aren’t any...

Venezuelan voices: Stories from the caminantes

[caption id="attachment_32259" align="alignnone" width="960"] Randy: "We left because there was no food, the markets were empty, even in the field...

Venezuelan voices: How you can help

[caption id="attachment_32243" align="alignnone" width="1060"] In just four days, the number of people camping out at the bus terminal more than...