Venezuela

Fall 2018 Ready-to-Wear - Carolina Herrera by Nicole Phelps   News broke last week that tonight’s Carolina Herrera show would be her last. She’s stepping into an ambassadorial role at the company she founded in 1980 and...

Santa Salsa   When you get off the L train in Williamsburg, you know you’re in the right place for delicious food in Brooklyn and get ready to take bite out of local culture, and South...

US hits Nicolás Maduro with sanctions after Venezuela's 'sham' election Virginia López and Sibylla Brodzinsky Sanctions freeze Venezuelan president’s assets under US jurisdiction and prevent US citizens from doing business with him. The US government has imposed...

Animals at Venezuela's zoos forced to feed on each other     Economic crisis in Venezuela leaves its zoos to endure a "dark age" as keepers begin sacrificing some animals to save others. A jaguar chews on a...

Bitcoin usage booms in Venezuela amid high inflation   Venezuelans are increasingly adopting the cryptocurrency as an alternative unit of value to protect themselves from devaluation of the Bolivar. At 1400 percent, Venezuela's inflation rate is highest...

Venezuela says launch of 'petro' cryptocurrency raises $735 million   President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that Venezuela had received $735 million in the first day of a pre-sale of the country's “petro” cryptocurrency, aimed at pulling...

'At home, we couldn’t get by': more Venezuelans flee as crisis deepens Sibylla Brodzinsky in Bogotá, Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro, Dan Collyns in Lima and Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires As Venezuela falls...