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Venezuelan artist paints his way to Chicago: ‘I never dreamed I would do that’

Wilfredo Garcia, a self-taught painter from the Venezuelan countryside, paid in murals for his trip across several countries, leaving traces of the spirit of the Venezuelan heartland all along the way.

Chicago Sun-Times

Venezuela Refuses Entry To Flight Carrying Deportees: Chilean Authorities

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at least 7.7 million Venezuelans have left the country, with around 444,000 settling in Chile.

Latin Times

US Defense Officials To Visit Guyana Amid Venezuela Row: Guyanese VP

US Department of Defense officials will visit Guyana next week, the South American country's vice president said Thursday, as he pledged that "all options" are on the table in its row with neighboring Venezuela.

International Business Times

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Migrants, host family to share first Thanksgiving together: ‘Thanks to God we’ve always found good people on our trip here’

Migrants staying with West Side families show appreciation for all the help they have received on the journey to Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘We need help’: Chicago medical students are serving the migrants Texas is sending by bus

Volunteers are offering aid to the more than 3,000 migrants who sleep in local police stations and airports

The Guardian - US

Braving ‘La Bestia’

Asylum-seekers risk life and limb to reach America as President Biden tries to dissuade them. Includes one of TIME's Top 100 photos of 2023.

Texas Observer

With patriotic reggaeton and videos, Venezuela's government fans territorial dispute with Guyana

Venezuelan textbooks contain maps of the region in which students learn to quickly point out their homeland as well as neighboring Colombia, Brazil and Guyana

The Independent UK

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American arrested in Venezuela just days after Biden administration eases oil sanctions

A California man’s family is pleading for his release after they say he was wrongfully arrested in Venezuela and held for ransom just days after President Joe Biden eased crippling oil sanctions on the socialist-run government

The Independent UK

These Venezuelan newcomers in Rogers Park found a way to connect by forming a rock band

At Sullivan High School, music has been a way for three new arrivals to connect with teachers, each other and the homes they left behind.

Chicago Sun-Times

Messi's Argentina loses 1st match since World Cup title, falling to Uruguay; Colombia beats Brazil

Uruguay beat Argentina 2-0, ending the World Cup champs' unbeaten streak since the Qatar tournament. Brazil lost 2-1 to Colombia, while Bolivia won its first match of the round-robin, beating Peru 2-0. Venezuela and Ecuador drew 0-0, as did Chile and Paraguay. Uruguay leads the 10-team South American qualifying group…

The Hindu

Mother-of-two killed after being struck by lightning on beach

A Venezuelan mother-of-two visited a beach in Colombia where she was struck down by lightning

The Independent UK

Guyana tells UN court that Venezuelan referendum on territorial dispute is an 'existential threat'

Guyana has urged judges at the United Nations’ highest court to call a halt to parts of a Venezuelan referendum about a territorial dispute between the South American neighbors

The Independent UK

Migrants are showing up at the U.S. southern border in historic numbers. Here's why

The migrant surge at the southern border hit a record of over 2.4 million. Republicans say it's a failure of Biden's policies. The U.N. says, globally, there's never been so many displaced people.

WEKU

Despite internal police alerts, scant evidence of violent gang members among Venezuelan migrants in Chicago

Cops were warned to check crime suspects for tattoos linked to the El Tren de Aragua prison gang. A Sun-Times analysis found shoplifting and domestic violence arrests, but little proof of the gang’s presence among migrants.

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The Guardian - US

Human traffickers offer ‘VIP route’ from Venezuela to avoid Darién perils. It’s just as dangerous

Coyotes claim route is ‘100% safe’, but dozens have died and Colombian coast guard have rescued more than 1,000 people

The Independent UK

Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico

About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border

The Conversation

Unpacking Elon Musk’s convoluted U.S.-Mexico border visit

In late September, Elon Musk, the tech billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX, set the internet ablaze with his visit to the Texas-Mexico border to provide what he called an “unfiltered” perspective on the border crisis as thousands of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, crossed the Rio Grande River.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lake Michigan brings comfort to migrant families from Venezuela

Asylum-seekers from Maracaibo reflect on more blissful times back home before their country was in crisis.

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The Independent UK

DEA agent leaked secret information about Maduro ally targeted by US, prosecutor says

Prosecutors played wiretaps in federal court in New York showing a federal narcotics agent leaked sensitive case information about one of Washington’s top criminal targets in Venezuela — Alex Saab

The Guardian - UK

Colombian police identify two suspects in abduction of Luis Díaz’s father

The Liverpool player’s father, Luis Manuel Díaz, was abducted on Saturday by four men, two of whom have been identified by Colombian police

Chicago Sun-Times

Unwelcome first snow for migrants at police stations: ‘It’s so cold it hurts’

“It’s very pretty,” said one migrant from his tent set up outside the Near North District police station. “But it’s so cold it hurts.”

WEKU

Why one family is joining a historic wave of Venezuelans migrating to the U.S.

Millions of Venezuelans have migrated to escape authoritarian rule and their country's worst economic crisis. For the first time, they're the largest group detained for entering the U.S. irregularly.

Evening Standard

Colombian police search cloud forest in hunt for Luis Diaz's father after Liverpool star's parents kidnapped

Fears that Luis Manuel Diaz has been taken across the border into Venezuela

The Independent UK

Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico's southern border, tired of long waits for visas

About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico's southern border

The Conversation

Darien Gap: As migrants take deadly risks for better lives, Canada and the U.S. must do much more

Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller recently announced that as many as 15,000 displaced people with extended family connections in Canada — most of them from Colombia, Haiti and Venezuela and located in Central or South America or the Caribbean — are now eligible to apply to immigrate to Canada on…

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