Shot in the Head: The Protests Ended, but One Family’s Pain Endures
Daniel Infante was a curious bystander at a Merida protest in April last year. The other two people shot that day died. Daniel survived. Barely.
Democracy Retrenches Globally, Collapses Locally
For the first time since The Economist publishes its annual Democracy Index, Venezuela went from hybrid regime to authoritarian regime. Only 19 countries in the world are considered full democracies and 52 are in our new category.
No Country for Civil Rights
Amid the most terrible crisis Venezuela’s ever faced, anything not related to food or medicine might sound a little ambitious… That’s how we get to be – surprise! – the last country in the region in a matter that’s as much a right as any other.
Fear Takes Over and Crushes Daily Life in Venezuela
Even if you’re trying to lead a normal life, powerlessness, uncertainty and panic will slowly but surely creep up on you.
A Breakthrough in Huntington Country
The town of Barranquitas, on the Lago de Maracaibo, has the highest incidence of Huntington’s Disease in the world. Research there has brought an amazing breakthrough — but will the people of Barranquitas benefit?
Maslow's Pernil
December's pork-leg riots left middle class Venezuelans seething in contempt of people who care more about a Christmas pork roast than basic freedom and democracy. They never learned Maslow's lesson: when you're hungry, nothing else matters.
The Grapes of Nostalgia
This year, for our traditional New Year’s Eve dinner, I’ll be the only person art the table who won’t finish his grapes before midnight.
That Bitter Scribble
Like a mocking gift from the past, I just found an old medical book with El Comandante’s signature in it, a bitter reminder of how things were when he signed it, and how hopeless the scene is now.
Fighting All Alone
Venezuela is going through its worst moment in the fight against HIV. Today, on World AIDS Day, we bring you the reality of being HIV positive during national meltdown.
What Suffering Means
Forget about bondholders and defaults: I spent the night shift in Mérida’s Hospital Pediatric wing, and this is the misery most doctors in the world only read about.
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