The Venezuela Crisis
By Starlyn Reyes Hey, it’s me again. We have known for months that Venezuela is in a crisis of food, economy, society, health, education, electricity and government. Let’s see what’s going on. Government When the old Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez died of cancer in 2013, the Vice President, Nicolas Maduro become president. In 2018, he won an election to become president but the people in Venezuela didn’t want him anymore because many feel Maduro is corrupted. So, a congress meeting was held to decide if they should get rid of Maduro and the representives from different countries in the congress said yes - they wanted to replace Maduro with the Venezuelan politician, Juan Guido. But Maduro didn't want to go. Also, he has the military backing him up, so it is tricky to take him out. Maduro even blocked the border of Colombia and Brazil so aid couldn’t enter the country. He says the people don't need the help but the people really do need it. So, now there are ba