Shanty Towns – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:24:46 +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 Shanty Towns – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Hundreds of Venezuelans left to live in crumbling homes https://onvenezuela.com/hundreds-of-venezuelans-left-to-live-in-crumbling-homes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hundreds-of-venezuelans-left-to-live-in-crumbling-homes Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:24:11 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=15253

According to president Nicolás Maduro, last week the state delivered on its pledge to provide 4.1 million housing units as part of its flagship Housing Mission to move people living in high risk homes into new properties.But those living in the crumbling houses say they have been waiting for years for the government to provide them with a new home and allow them to live in peace. Full Text-> LaPrensaLatina

Traducción de cortesía -> Según el presidente Nicolás Maduro, la semana pasada el estado cumplió su compromiso de proporcionar 4,1 millones de unidades de vivienda como parte de su Misión de Vivienda emblemática para trasladar a las personas que viven en viviendas de alto riesgo a nuevas propiedades. esperando durante años que el gobierno les proporcione un nuevo hogar y les permita vivir en paz.

]]>
Coronavirus brings new worries for Venezuelans in Colombian shanty town https://onvenezuela.com/coronavirus-brings-new-worries-for-venezuelans-in-colombian-shanty-town/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronavirus-brings-new-worries-for-venezuelans-in-colombian-shanty-town Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:28:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2673

On the outskirts of the Colombian border city of Cúcuta, nearly 1,000 Venezuelan families have struggled to rebuild their lives in the Alfonso Gómez settlement since they arrived roughly two years ago. Now, borders are shut because of the coronavirus threat, jobs have dried up, and their new normal has shifted yet again. By Photographer Pu Ying Huang and journalist Dylan Baddour. Full text -> New Humanitarian

]]>