Venezuelan President Confronts Obama At Summit Of The Americas
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he will hand U.S. President Barack Obama a petition with more than 11 million signatures asking him to repeal sanctions. Karla Zabludovsky reports from Panama...
View ArticleAu Mexique, personne, pas même le gouvernement, ne sait combien de charniers...
Bernadino Hernandez / AP MEXICO CITY — Les mouches bourdonnaient l'an dernier au sommet des collines d'Iguala, une petite ville du sud-ouest du Mexique, alors que des enquêteurs et des civils...
View ArticleIn Case Of 43 Missing Students, Panel Urges Search Of New Locations
A group of five independent experts has called on the Mexican government to search two new locations for the missing students and open new lines of inquiry. The group is also urging the government to...
View ArticleThe Families Of Mexico’s Missing Students Are Now Living In Their School
Adriana Zehbrauskas for BuzzFeed News TIXTLA, Mexico — Benigna Arzola’s house, eight hours by bus from this small town in southeastern Mexico, lies abandoned, dust coating the property and weeds...
View ArticleLas familias de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos viven en la Escuela Normal
Adriana Zehbrauskas para BuzzFeed News TIXTLA, Mexico — La casa de Benigna Arzola, a ocho horas en autobús de este pequeño pueblo en el estado de Guerrero, al sureste de México, está abandonada. La...
View ArticleWhy So Many Venezuelans Are Desperate To Leave
CARACAS, Venezuela — An eerie emptiness fills the hallways of Central Venezuela University's School of Chemistry building. Bottles of solvents gather dust inside the locked-up classrooms. Buckets sit...
View ArticleLa generación perdida de Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela — Los pasillos de la Facultad de Química en la Universidad Central de Venezuela están están envueltos en un vacío extraño. Las botellas de solvente juntan polvo en las aulas...
View ArticleNo One Knows Just How Many Venezuelans Are Being Killed As Murder Rate Spirals
Meridith Kohut for Buzzfeed News CARACAS, Venezuela — A group of young crime reporters stood in a circle outside the Bello Monte morgue, the main one in this city, as they do most days. There they...
View ArticleNadie sabe cuántos muertos dejó la ola de violencia en Venezuela
Meridith Kohut para Buzzfeed News Estos periodistas son los que proveen el estimado de asesinatos más confiable en uno de los países más violentos del mundo, en el que las ONGs acusan al gobierno de...
View ArticleKeeping It In The Family: How Nepotism Is Helping Venezuela's Powerful Families
Power in Venezuela is concentrated in the hands of just three families who control government coffers, media and now, pop culture. BuzzFeed News’ Karla Zabludovsky reports from Caracas. A soldier...
View ArticleTodo queda en familia: nepotismo en Venezuela
Solo tres familias controlan las arcas del gobierno, los medios, y ahora la cultura popular en Venezuela. Informe de Karla Zabludovsky para BuzzFeed News. Un soldado junto a un retrato del fallecido...
View ArticleDid You Hear The One About Venezuelans Buying Food By Blood Type?
Stand-up comedian Rey Vecchionacce performs during the "Malas Ideas" show outside of Caracas. Part of his act includes making jokes about Venezuelans that have migrated to escape the economic crisis....
View Article¿Escuchaste el chiste de los venezolanos que compran comida según el tipo de...
El comediante de stand-up Rey Vecchionacce, durante su show “Malas Ideas” en las afueras de Caracas. Dentro de su espectáculo bromea sobre los venezolanos que emigran para escapar de la crisis...
View ArticleInside The World's Slowest Newsroom
Eliana Aponte for BuzzFeed News HAVANA — Every couple of months panic hits newsrooms around the world as Fidel Castro’s death is announced on Twitter. A scramble ensues as reporters try to confirm the...
View ArticleMeet The 74-Year-Old Woman Saving Cuba's History With Scissors And Glue
The Cuban Communist party launched its official newspaper Granma in 1965. Karla Zabludovsky visited its newsroom to meet a woman who has been there since the very beginning. The living history of...
View ArticleMexican Drug Lord Escapes From Maximum Security Prison — Again
It’s the second time Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has escaped a maximum security facility in Mexico. BuzzFeed News reporter Karla Zabludovsky is in Mexico City. In a daring and highly sophisticated...
View ArticleAmericans Are Heading To Cuba, But The Europeans Don't Like It
Eliana Aponte for Buzzfeed News SIERRA MAESTRA, Cuba – “For the moment, Cuba is still Cuba, but in a few years the culture will be gone.” Frans Smans, a tourist from Holland, sat under the shade of a...
View ArticleNeighbors At El Chapo Escape Site Say They Didn’t See A Thing
Karla Zabludovsky/BuzzFeed ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ, Mexico – The escape was so stealthy not even the neighbors noticed.They did not see any men dig up tons of earth to make room for a mile-long,...
View ArticleEl Chapo's Family — Or The People Pretending To Be — Are Insanely Popular On...
Twitter accounts that claim to belong to Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera and his family frequently post somber, impulsive, passionate and aggressive posts. Last week, Mexican drug lord Joaquin...
View ArticleVenezuela Says It Is Willing To Take In 20,000 Syrian Refugees
President Nicolás Maduro said Venezuela would welcome 20,000 Syrians fleeing a civil war at home. His offer comes a year after he pledged to house Palestinian children orphaned by Israeli...
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