Gustavo Contreras/Staff Writer In 2016, Trump promised Venezuelan-Americans a call to action and a force of change in our native country. It is now 2020, and with his first term about to expire, Venezuelans have not gotten what we were promised. I was born and raised in Venezuela before immigrating to “Westonzuela” at the age […]
Humberto Mendez Prince/Staff Writer Once more, international attention has shifted towards Venezuela’s conflict. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, interim president Juan Guaidó visited Miami on the last stop of a political tour that was meant to announce his party’s objectives for this year. As he stood in the Miami Airport Convention Center preparing to give the […]
Now that Venezuelans are being considered for protection under the Temporary Protected Status; we must ask ourselves to what extent the political situation in the South American country has deteriorated. Typically, the Temporary Protected Status is afforded to citizens of countries that have been afflicted by great trauma; be it political, environmental, or otherwise. The […]