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August 29, 2019 | Foreign Policy
Venezuela’s HIV Crisis Crosses the Border
Unable to get HIV/AIDS care in a devastated health care system, desperate Venezuelans look to Colombia.
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August 23, 2019 | Miami Herald
These Migrants Stranded at the U.S.-Mexico Border Share Why They Fled Their Homelands
The Mexican city of Matamoros has become a forced shelter for thousands of immigrants who wait more than a month for a meeting to ask for asylum in the United States.
August 11, 2019 | USA Today
No Country to Call Home? Some Babies Born in Colombia to Venezuelan Parents Lack Birthright Citizenship
While Colombia has taken measures to address 24,000 'stateless' babies born to fleeing Venezuelan mothers in the country, it may not be enough to address the citizenship crisis.
July 17, 2019 | PBS NewsHour
For Venezuelans Fleeing Chaos at Home, Brazil Offers Temporary Refuge—and Uncertainty
Brazil is receiving refugees from Venezuela fleeing political and economic chaos. But how long will the country remain open?
July 15, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Ana Arevalo Speaks at ILS Conference on Photographing Women in Venezuela's Pre-Trial Detention Centers
Grantee Ana Arevalo discussed her photography of women waiting for trial in preventative detention centers in Venezuela at the 2019 ILS Conference on Defending Human Rights.
July 10, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
A Kidney for Eliécer
As the Venezuelan healthcare crisis worsens, children in need of an organ transplant are amongst the most affected. Eliécer Aguiar (12) waits for a kidney trasplant he needs to survive.
July 02, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Waiting for Hope: Venezuela's Crumbling Public Health Infrastructure
As medicine shortages worsen and public health infrastructure continues to deteriorate, organ transplants in Venezuela become a rare luxury. Those who cannot afford them are simply left behind.
June 11, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Stranded on a Waiting List: The Quest for an Organ Transplant in Venezuela
Organ procurement in Venezuela shut down in 2017, leaving patients without the option of a transplant. After six years in dialysis, Carlos Román waits for a kidney that is not likely to come soon.
June 10, 2019 | Prodavinci
A Kidney for Eliécer (Spanish)
Organ procurement in Venezuela has been suspended since 2017. Amid this crisis, 12-year-old Eliécer Aguiar awaits for a kidney transplant that could save his life but still remains an unlikely option.
May 09, 2019 | El Pais
Behind the Bars (Spanish)
Ana Maria Arevalo's photos from inside a women's prison in Venezuela.
February 26, 2019 | PBS NewsHour
Venezuela’s Political Battle Over Foreign Aid Turns to Violent Confrontation
Violent protests erupted this past weekend in Venezuela over humanitarian aid shipments into the country.
February 25, 2019 | PBS NewsHour
Violence at the Venezuelan Border, Humanitarian Aid Blocked
The Venezuelan National Guard clashed with protesters on Saturday, February 22, and humanitarian aid was blocked from entering the country from Colombia and Brazil.
Caught Between: Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
As Venezuelans leave their country by the millions, how is Colombia—a country with its own recent history of turmoil—coping with the 1.4 million Venezuelans resettling within their borders?
Venezuela: The Endgame?
With self-declared interim president Juan Guaido challenging to take the presidency from Maduro, how will the country overcome its deepest political impasse yet?
Stateless in Colombia
An exodus of Venezuelans are fleeing to Colombia, including pregnant women faced with lack of medical services. But when they give birth, their babies faced with another barrier: statelessness.
The Waiting List: Organ Transplants in Venezuela
With Venezuela's organ procurement system in paralysis since 2017 and the public health infrastructure in disarray, patients have little or no access to organ transplants, and they face illness and even death.
Dias Eternos - Women's Time in Venezuelan Prisons
In Venezuela, female imprisonment entails waiting for years—under cramped and deplorable conditions—before being tried and judged. Will these women ever be able to return to society?
Venezuela’s New Gold Rush
For many people, gold fires the imagination, but can it resolve a crisis? Venezuela finds itself in distress and is going all-in on gold mining—an industry tainted by conflict.
What Is Left for Venezuelans?
Venezuela is facing its biggest crisis yet: a high inflation rate, shortage of food and medicine, and abuse of power by authorities. And that's only part of the picture.
Venezuela: A Ticking Time-bomb
As Venezuela’s social and economic crisis deepens, thousands of citizens are taking to the streets. Meanwhile, a quieter humanitarian one is unfolding as hunger and malnutrition spread.
The Office of Hope
In post-Chavez Venezuela, as an economic and political crisis threatens to plunge the country even deeper into chaos, daily life for many is a struggle for sustenance and safety.
Venezuela on the Brink
With food shortages, collapsing health care, spiraling violence, political chaos and an economy in free-fall, Venezuelans of all types are living out the slow collapse of their country.
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez: Despot, or Democrat?
Andrew Cutraro and Guy Taylor uncloak the cult of personality surrounding the Bolivarian movement of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, and a policy of aggressive and orchestrated media relations.
Triple Frontier Project
In the thick green rainforest at the triple frontier of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, a Muslim Arab community stands accused — yet again — of complicity in international terrorism. So far, investigations have turned up empty, but the community is learning to live with a target on its back....
June 28, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Nadja Drost
Journalist Nadja Drost discusses her reporting with filmmaker Bruno Federico on Venezuela's battle for power between President Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó.
February 12, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Bram Ebus
Pulitzer grantee Bram Elbus investigates the connection between political unrest in Venezuela and the government's focus on mining and extracting natural resources.
January 17, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Nadja Drost and Bruno Federico
As Venezuela’s social and economic crisis deepens, thousands of citizens are taking to the streets. Meanwhile, a quieter humanitarian one is unfolding as hunger and malnutrition spread.
September 18, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Natalie Keyssar
Photojournalist Natalie Keyssar covers the ongoing situation in Venezuela, and some of the complexities of the story that defy simple explanations.
August 10, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Nadja Drost and Bruno Federico
Journalist Nadja Drost reports on Venezuela, a country in crisis, where the economy has tanked and everyday life has turned to chaos.
October 16, 2017 | Education news
Chicago Students Draw Connections Between Protests in the US and Venezuela
On Chicago's Westside, students discussed the power of grass-roots social movements to make change, in Venezuela and in the US.
June 13, 2017 | Newsletter
This Week: Venezuela Towards Collapse
This week: growing anti-government protests.
March 14, 2017 | Education news
Home-schooled Students React to Venezuela Presentation
Home-schooled students from the academic and support group, "Culture at Home," wrote opinion pieces on a presentation by Pulitzer Center grantee Natalie Keyssar.
August 21, 2019 | All Grades
Back to School: Catching up with the World
At the start of the school year, students might want to discuss global issues that arose over the summer. This lesson is intended to spark discussion on current events and ways to keep up with them.
August 15, 2018 | Elementary, Middle School, High School
Piecing the Story Together: Visual Literacy Activity Using Photo Puzzles
Independently and collaboratively, students piece together photo puzzles and investigate the stories behind them, all the while considering: Why is it important to seek out the full story?
March 21, 2018 | Middle School, High School
Young People's Revolutions: Examining Youth Movements Around the World
This lesson pools resources on youth movements in 4 countries and asks students to examine: what matters to young people the world over, what matters to you, and how do you fit into a global picture?
August 02, 2017 | Middle School, High School, College
Visualizing Post-Chavez Venezuela
Students analyze the use of images to visualize the human impact of the socioeconomic changes in Venezuela in order to select an image that encapsulates the economic struggles facing Venezuelans.
January 23, 2017 | High School
Photojournalism: Writing an Opinion Piece
Following a presentation by a journalist, students write an opinion piece suitable for a blog, newspaper, or magazine.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.