Tag: Venezuela: A Humanitarian Crisis

NOVANEWS Does an NGO whose CEO is a member of Washington’s top foreign policy think tank really have Venezuelans’ best interests at heart, Nina Cross asks. Mercy Corps staff with Venezuelans on the Colombian border. (@MercyCorpsCo / Twitter) By Nina Cross  Following a sharp increase in Venezuelan migration since 2015, the corporate mainstream media, alongside the governments of the US, EU and Colombia, is aggressively pushing the narrative of a “humanitarian crisis,” at the same time that Western NGOs flock to set up shop along the Colombian border. But what if NGOs are being used to influence how the movement of people from Venezuela into Colombia is being shaped and reported, and what’s more, if they are directly benefiting from this situation? To explore the id...