One Flu Away from Disaster
Faced with a catastrophic health crisis, it’s easy to overlook mild ailments. But as medicine costs sky-rocket, even common afflictions can bring huge economic hardships for Venezuelans.
Faced with a catastrophic health crisis, it’s easy to overlook mild ailments. But as medicine costs sky-rocket, even common afflictions can bring huge economic hardships for Venezuelans.
As the GNB turns from repressing protesters to stealing from them, the Defense Minister says he “doesn’t want to see even one more National Guardsman committing an atrocity on the streets.” Coincidence?
Your daily briefing for Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Translated by Javier Liendo.
I traveled to Ciudad Bolívar determined to march. Then I met a remarkable old lady who put the entire thing in perspective.
For the first time ever, the Vatican publicizes a meeting between the Pope and Venezuela’s catholic bishop’s about the crisis. Here’s what to expect.
Your daily briefing for Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Translated by Javier Liendo.
We’ve run out of metaphors to describe the sickening vandalism of Venezuela’s public finances. The specifics of the VENZ36 deal admit just one word: obscene.
The far left in the U.S. still seems to be more worried about protecting its ideological certainties than in listening to Venezuelans’ legitimate grievances.
Your daily briefing for Monday, June 5, 2017. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Stop to think through the specifics of Maduro's proposed Constituent Assembly and it's hard to imagine anybody could seriously think this thing can work. (Pro tip: it can't.)
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