Blackout season is back to stay. To some Venezuelans, the collapse of the national electric grid means heat and even more stress in their homes. For others, like patients in hospitals, it’s a death sentence.
PAHO alerts on the resurgence of measles in the Americas, Venezuela leads the way with over 800 cases and becomes a public health threat for the whole region.
Alfred De Zayas denies humanitarian crisis after meetings with 16 ministries and top government officials. He obviously didn’t visit any hospitals or take the subway.
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.
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.
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.
Even if you’re trying to lead a normal life, powerlessness, uncertainty and panic will slowly but surely creep up on you.
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?
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.
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.
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