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Updated April 5, 2024

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Donde Mario offers an eyewatering number of empanada varieties.

Empanadas With a Taste of Venezuelan History

At Donde Mario, empanadas often come with a lesson about the past.
by Paul Dobson
Turns out there's been a whole other species slithering quietly by.

It’s Official: There’s Another ‘World’s Largest Snake’

Even actor Will Smith saw it slither through the Amazon.
by Olivia Young
Relampago del Catatumbo is considered the "most electric" spot on Earth.

5 of Our Favorite Podcast Episodes Celebrating Earth's Natural Wonders

From everlasting lightning storms to magnificent bioluminescence, these classic episodes will delight and intrigue you.
by The Podcast Team
Children in Carabobo, Venezuela, participate in a state skating program.

Will Venezuela's Christmas Roller-Skating Tradition Make a Comeback?

Las patinatas—"the skating"—dates back to the 1950s.
by Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing

Podcast: Relampago del Catatumbo

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
by The Podcast Team
The Last Venezuelan Glacier team examines the recently exposed areas just below the Humboldt's glacier edge in 2019, more than 15,000 feet of elevation.

Studying New Life in the Shadow of Venezuela's Last Glacier

When ice goes, lichens and mosses move in and an entirely new ecosystem starts to take shape.
by Jonathan Moens

Alternating Currents

The rise and fall of Venezuela, as seen from a Colombia border city, its grand mosque, and the migrants and converts who worship there.
by Megan Janetsky

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