Venezuela

Venezuelans are predominantly of mixed European, Indigenous, and African heritage. Spanish is the official language. The crisis has driven more than seven million people — a quarter of the population — to flee abroad.

Roman Catholicism is the traditional and majority faith, with a growing evangelical Protestant minority.

Society

Venezuela once had high incomes from oil, but collapse has gutted health, education, and living standards, producing widespread hunger and one of the world's largest displacement crises.