The human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer in women and various types of cancer in males, can be prevented effectively by vaccination. But the vaccine is neither available nor affordable to many in Venezuela.
A wave of migrants, many of whom are from Central and South America, who crossed the southern border into the United States are having difficulty finding accommodation in the midwestern city of Chicago.
Venezuela’s journalists brace for a tough future as more than 100 radio stations have been shut down in the last year and proposals to regulate social media have been made
Despite recent changes to the Biden administration’s immigration policy and tightening of border restrictions, Venezuelan migrants who enter the U.S. illegally continue to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents.
A pregnant Venezuelan citizen who spent four months walking across almost half of the continent regrets moving to the United States. She was met twice by VOA correspondent Divalizeth Cash in Delaware and Washington. Aline Barros, a VOA immigration correspondent, tells the story of this Venezuelan asylum seeker and her companion in the first of a two-part series
In Venezuela, a health crisis and the inability of many pregnant women to pay for medical exams and appointments are prompting an increasing number of them to give birth outside of hospitals
Over the past ten years, the Bolivar, the official currency of Venezuela, has nearly lost all of its value. That has led to artists in the neighboring country of Colombia using the nearly worthless bills as a canvas
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday that the onset of winter, along with the disastrous consequences of COVID-19, posed a direct threat to the health and livelihoods of Venezuelans stranded in southern Latin America
Armed Clashes Continue On The Colombia-Venezuela Border, Displacing Thousands Of People. One Venezuelan Nurse Is Attempting To Cross Into Colombia To Assist Those In Need
Venezuela’s currency the Bolivar is worth almost nothing these days. That’s forced the country’s citizens to figure out new ways to put food on their tables