5 days ago · The Venezuelan immigrant population in the United States has grown quickly, amid a spiraling economic and political crisis in Venezuela that resulted in the exodus of millions of Venezuelans, most remaining in Latin America. About half of Venezuelan immigrants in the United States live in Florida, and a notably large share hold a college degree. This article offers key statistics about this group.

Currently, many Venezuelan graduates seek a future abroad because of the country's troubled economy and heavy crime rate. Over 1.35 million Venezuelan college graduates have left the country since the beginning of the Bolivarian Revolution.

12 hours ago · Ronna Rísquez, a Venezuelan investigative journalist who has written a book about the criminal group, said the authorities would be wrong to assume that someone with a Michael Jordan tattoo is a ...

3 days ago · Court Blocks U.S. From Sending 3 Venezuelan Migrants to Guantánamo. The men, who are detained in New Mexico, say they “fit the profile” of the type of migrants the Trump administration has ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Venezuelan activist Beatriz Olavarria said that, for some, “returning would be almost suicidal.” Many Venezuelans have fled amid brutal crackdowns on protests against the government and ...

For most Venezuelans, many or all of these connections exist and are the source of their Venezuelan citizenship or their bond to Venezuela. Venezuela is a diverse and multilingual country, home to a melting pot of people of distinct origins, as a result, many Venezuelans do not regard their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship or ...

Feb 3, 2025 · An employee of Venezuelan restaurant El Arepazo is seen through a window wearing a hat in the colors of the country’s flag, as Venezuelan community leaders gather outside for a press conference to denounce changes to the protections that shielded hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans from deportation, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Doral, Fla. (AP ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Venezuelan state television aired footage of Grenell and Maduro speaking in the Miraflores Palace and said the meeting had been requested by the U.S. government. Signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump was asked if Grenell being filmed meeting with Maduro lent legitimacy to a government that the Trump White House does not ...

5 days ago · Of the roughly 7.9 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants worldwide as of December 2024, a total of 85 percent—6.7 million—resided in Latin America and the Caribbean. The United States ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Ms. Noem’s decision finds fault with the move by Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary under Mr. Biden, to extend the protections for Venezuelans in the final month of Mr. Biden ...