He signed an agreement for the World Food Program to hand out meals to about 1.5 million pre-school children and children with disabilities in the poorest areas of Venezuela. In addition, private ...

In fact, many kids here are small for their age, reflecting a growing crisis of malnutrition across Venezuela. In a survey published in May 2021, the development group Caritas found that 42% of ...

As a harrowing economic crisis makes food scarce for millions of Venezuelans, many families cannot buy their children Christmas presents, decorate their home or even host a holiday dinner. The oil-… ...

Venezuela has spiraled deeper into chaos in recent years as President Nicolas Maduro has cracked down harder on the opposition amid a painful recession ...

Karen Rosa, 11, an indigenous girl in Maracaibo, Venezuela, sells garbage bags on the street to get enough money to buy rice for her family, a two-hour bus ride away. Humberto Matheus Miguel ...

Huniades Urbina, president of the Pediatric Society, said 78 percent of children in Venezuela are at risk for malnutrition -- before due to food shortages and now staggering hyperinflation.

Back to homepage / Live news As parents migrate, Venezuelan kids fall prey to abuse. Caracas (AFP) – Venezuelan children, left behind by parents seeking a better life elsewhere and forsaken by a ...

Nothing defines one's culture quite like cuisine and food in the Hispanic community is a way of showing love and identity.A local Venezuelan restaurant has been bringing a taste of South America ...

He signed an agreement for the World Food Program to hand out meals to about 1.5 million pre-school children and children with disabilities in the poorest areas of Venezuela. In addition, private ...

As parents migrate, Venezuelan kids fall prey to abuse. Caracas ... In some cases, experts say, the abuse even happens with the consent of caretakers desperate for "payment" in food or cash.

Many are small for their age — a sign of a growing crisis of malnutrition. Government mismanagement is to blame, say political analysts. And there could be lifelong impacts for these children.