Montevideo, Uruguay (VIAnews) – What if someone had already figured out a way of building completely self-sufficient houses? Apparently, someone already did. Michael Reynolds is a 72-year-old architect who grew up in Kentucky, USA. He has written several books on sustainable housing, founded the world-class Sustainable Buildings company “Earthship Biotecture”, and is the drafter of…
Montevideo, Uruguay (ViaNews) – “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”, a phrase once attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci and used as a successful slogan in advertising, that perfectly fits today’s international real estate luxury market. The latest World Travel & Tourism Council & Oxford Economics research indicates that tourist activity in 2016 “grew for the seventh…
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – The 1920s saw Venezuela become a major oil-exporting country and it has, since then, ranked among the world’s top 10 hydrocarbon producing and exporting countries. Throughout history, there have been ups and downs within the supply and demand of oil crude, but what remained unchanged is the excessive economic dependence of…
Caracas, Venezuela (VIAnews) – Given the current situation in Venezuela, many young people have been forced to seek a better future in other countries. The culprits are the economic, political and social instability the country has been facing lately. High crime, violence and delinquency rates are causing insecurity issues. The excessive inflation is making it…
Caracas, Venezuela (VIAnews) – After almost a year of silence, the Venezuelan Government finally announced the date for the upcoming Regional election to elect state governors and state legislators. The National Electoral Council of Venezuela published a statement saying the election is to be held on October 15th of the current year. The election should…
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – One of the first things that come to mind when thinking about Venezuela is its natural resources, but more specifically it’s oil. The indigenous communities knew well enough how to use this powerful resource before the arrival of the Spaniards, in fact, oil was used as a medicine to cure some…
Caracas, Venezuela (VIANEWS) – Even though Venezuela has not stopped being on the International Newspapers’ covers over the last 20 years, right now in 2017, it can be said that Venezuela has really caught the attention of the International Community again. This time, due to the reports of one of the most powerful women in…
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – On the 18th of August, United States President, Donald Trump, threatened to impose sanctions against several members of President Nicolás Maduro’s office. In 2016, his predecessor, President Barack Obama, had issued an executive order in which Venezuela “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the National Security and Foreign Policy of…
Over the last couple of weeks, Argentina has been the centre of attention in South America for the strange disappearance of a young man called Santiago Maldonado in the Argentinian Patagonia. Who is Santiago Maldonado? Maldonado is a 28 years’ old artisan from Buenos Aires, who recently moved to the Argentinian Patagonia, more specifically to…
A Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off the shore of Ecuador 27km South Southeast of Muisne, 19.2 km deep. According to the USGS (Earthquake Hazards Program) from the U.S. Geological Survey, seven earthquakes above Magnitude 4.5 have hit Ecuador in the last 7 hours. The USGS monitors and reports earthquakes and research the causes and effects…
