Public services – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:57:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Public services – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Cash-strapped Venezuela hikes public service fees amid coronavirus outbreak https://onvenezuela.com/cash-strapped-venezuela-hikes-public-service-fees-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cash-strapped-venezuela-hikes-public-service-fees-amid-coronavirus-outbreak Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:52:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2139

Venezuelan utilities have hiked fees and the government plans to raise taxes, as the economy deteriorates further due to the spread of coronavirus and the crash in global oil prices adds to the strain on public coffers. By Corina Pons and Mayela Armas. Full text-> Reuters

]]> An Uneven Welcome: Latin American and Caribbean Responses to Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Migration https://onvenezuela.com/an-uneven-welcome-latin-american-and-caribbean-responses-to-venezuelan-and-nicaraguan-migration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-uneven-welcome-latin-american-and-caribbean-responses-to-venezuelan-and-nicaraguan-migration Thu, 13 Feb 2020 05:08:23 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=1326

Open Door for Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Migrants in Latin America & Caribbean Closes a Bit amid Scale of Flows, Strains on Public Services. Report from Migration Policy Institute. Full text-> Reliefweb

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