Despite the earthquake desolation all around him, Mr. Omaña has no intention of abandoning his community. “I love La Guaira,” he says. “I was raised here…. We have to start over again.”
Estefanía Salazar
Estefanía Salazar contributes from Caracas, Venezuela.
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Inside Venezuela’s capital after Trump administration captures Maduro
While members of the Venezuelan diaspora in Europe and the United States celebrated Mr. Maduro’s capture, in Caracas, residents contemplated the morning’s events in an eerie silence—neither public celebrations of Mr. Maduro’s arrest nor demonstrations demanding his release were evident in Caracas neighborhoods in the immediate aftermath of the American incursion.
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Can canonizations in Rome help free political prisoners in Venezuela?
Will the upcoming canonizations of José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros and Mother María Carmen Rendiles Martínez, the first saints born in Venezuela, encourage a renewed effort toward the common good in the South American nation?
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After Trump’s deportations, Venezuelan families struggle to bring their loved ones home from El Salvador
“My brother has never committed a crime in Venezuela or elsewhere. His only mistake has been to enter the United States as a migrant. He has been labeled as a Tren de Aragua member just because of his tattoos.”