economic crisis
Venezuela Declares an Economic Emergency and Releases Data Showing How Bad It Is
Venezuela's socialist government has decreed an "economic emergency" and published the first data in a year showing the depth of a recession fueled by low oil prices and a sputtering state-led model.
The Hard Left Team Venezuela's Maduro Just Appointed to Tackle the Country's Crisis
Venezuela's President Maduro has shuffled his cabinet further to the left in response to the rising power of the opposition, and the country's acute economic crisis.
Hotels, Drugs, and Convertibles: How I Lived Like a King for a Month in Venezuela for Just $115
I stayed in a five-star hotel, bought hundreds of beers for under $15, and paid to fill up the gas in all my neighbors' cars.
How Puerto Rico's Chefs Are Surviving the Island's Economic Crisis
When Puerto Rico defaulted on its multibillion-dollar debt this month, it created a precarious situation for the restaurants and chefs that have been reinvigorating the nation’s cuisine and helping to rebuild the island’s agricultural bounty.
'This Is War': My Time Among the Militant, Anti-Euro Greeks of Crete
A personal look into how austerity measures and the economic crisis have affected Greeks in Chania, Crete, some of Greece's most fervent anti-austerity citizens.
Photos of Albanian Migrants Returning Home
The European debt crisis has led many Albanians to leave Greece and Italy after living abroad for decades.
Unemployment Is Killing 45,000 People Each Year
A recent study found that suicides related to unemployment accounted for about a fifth of annual totals worldwide, and that the association was strongest in countries where being out of work is uncommon.
How the Far Right and Conservatives of Europe Reacted to the 'Charlie Hebdo' Massacre
From France to Sweden, right-wing politicians used the attack on the satirical magazine to denounce Islam as a whole.
Developers Are Aggravating the UK's Housing Crisis by Ducking Affordable Home Targets
A new report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism shows how developers are dodging affordable housing quotas, as their profits explode.
Greece's Anti-Fascist Uprising
VICE News travelled to Greece to see how the Golden Dawn arrests have affected Greece's anti-fascist movement.
The Greek Family Surviving Without Electricity
"We are a family of romantics," they laugh. It's 10PM and two of the children have just returned from school. "They go to night school so they can study through daylight," their mother explains.