Among the figures he gave during his speech, the poverty indicators managed by the ... of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, is not recognized by part of the international community.

TIM DOESCHER: The citizens of Venezuela have seen better days. The once wealthy booming nation is now mired by extreme poverty caused by an out of control, bankrupt government being led by a ...

After all, though there are deprived areas in the UK they can't be compared with the grinding poverty of Venezuela's slums where the incentive to escape to a better life is surely much greater.

Over the past few years, corruption and failed government policies have led Venezuela's economy to collapse, causing infrastructure to crumble and leaving millions of Venezuelans in poverty.

Poverty and scarcity are so extended in Venezuela that people now sell and buy food by the spoonful in a desperate attempt to overcome a situation that has worsened as the economy has entered into ...

Venezuela faces unprecedented economic hardship; the economy shrinking by over 30 percent over the last four years, and over half of the population suffering extreme poverty as a result of both a ...

With the new salary, Venezuelans still do not reach the figure of $1.90 a day set by the World Bank to consider the way out of extreme poverty by income range. Last March Venezuela recorded ...

grinding poverty. Venezuela has an institutionalized kleptocracy the likes of which the world has never seen before, and it is now a failed state. As such, it poses a direct threat to the United ...

Find out what the Bank Group's branches are doing in Venezuela.

Many refugees and migrants from Venezuela live in poverty and face difficulties accessing essential services and formal employment, according to the latest needs assessment carried out by UNHCR and ...