

World Jan 05

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó was violently blocked Sunday from presiding over a special session of congress where rivals tried to install a substitute in what was condemned as a hijacking of the country’s last democratic institution.
By Fabiola Sanchez, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press
World Jul 16

Over the past five years, Venezuela’s combination of political instability, economic crisis and humanitarian disaster has driven record numbers of people out of the country to seek refuge elsewhere. The exodus is reshaping the entire continent of South America in…
By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz
World May 04

As the standoff over transition of power in Venezuela continues at least 50 countries including the U.S. have thrown their support behind Juan Guaidó whose recent calls for military support and for mass demonstrations have not been successful. Columbia University’s…
By PBS NewsHour
World Apr 14

Millions of Venezuelans have fled the country's economic and political crises in recent years, with an estimated 500,000 migrating to Peru in 2018 alone. Many have entered the country on work permits allowing them to stay for up to one…
By Kira Kay
Feb 24

By PBS NewsHour
On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 24, a standoff on Venezuela’s border blocks humanitarian aid, scientists rate Hollywood’s portrayal of climate change on Oscar day, and newly-digitized materials from Louis Armstrong's archives are helping to carry his legacy to new…
Feb 23

By PBS NewsHour
On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 23, clashes at the Venezuelan border as protestors try to escort humanitarian aid into the country and President Maduro breaks diplomatic relations with Colombia, strong words at the sexual abuse summit at the Vatican,…
Thousands of people took to the streets as president Nicolas Maduro and his rival and self-proclaimed leader of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, held competing rallies in Caracas. Even though Guaido enjoys support from countries including the U.S., the Venezuelan military continues…
Aug 05

By PBS NewsHour
On this edition for Sunday, Aug 5, 40 years since the Love Canal environmental crisis, residents say that chemicals there continue to make them sick. Also, hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup under the Superfund program. Megan Thompson anchors from…
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