AIDS Up Close
Each Venezuelan state has a separate HIV/AIDS program, and some are much better than others. Merida’s has long been the best – but even here, drugs are running short and tests are subpar.
Subversive Pastimes: Reading the Declaration of Independence
The parchment in that gilded cage was signed in this day in 1811. It's the document meant to be commemorating today, on Cinco de Julio. Nobody ever reads it. We thought we'd give it a try.
HIV Haunts Venezuela Again
Time was when public health officials in Africa travelled to Venezuela to learn best practices in handling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. But times change.
The Portuguese Community gives up on the Venezuelan Dream
In honor of Día de Portugal, we look at the sad state of a once proud immigrant community whose home country is now making contingency plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of nationals out of Venezuela.
Paul, Augusto, and Fear
Paul Moreno and Augusto Puga were just like me: young medical trainees trying to make a difference. Their murders shook me to the core. Then I realized shaking me to the core was exactly the regime's goal.
The Tragedy Hidden Away in the Epidemiology Bulletins
The health ministry's epidemiology bulletins are out for the first time since 2015. They show a ravaged health system, where diseases once erradicated strike hundreds of thousands and maternal and infant mortality have spiked alarmingly.
Mérida Escalates
There was unprecedented violence at protests in Mérida on Monday, as protesters faced sharply stepped-up repression with a level of determination that's never been seen before.
The Toys of Repression
The Venezuelan government has spent big money on tanquetas, murciélagos, ballenas, armored personnel carriers and anti riot tear gas cannisters. Here's the rundown.
The Man Who Beat Malaria
On World Malaria Day, we bring you the story of Arnoldo Gabaldón and the epic mid-century war he led against the disease. Has any Venezuelan done more for his country in the last hundred years?
When Repression is not Enough
A chilling, first-hand account of a doctor refusing to turn a battered protester in to "law enforcement" puts a new spin on the word "terrorist."
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