Padrino's Move
The Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino López, has just been appointed to a crazy new post that's nowhere in the Constitution, something clearly outranking the VP, and only nebulously less powerful than the president.
Politics
The Empty Bottle
At first glance, the current diplomatic scuffle regarding Venezuela’s fight to take over the presidency of Mercosur that, ahem, they are perfectly entitled to might seem like drunks fighting over an empty bottle. But there's more at stake in this fight than meets the eye.
School's out. Where are we going to eat?
When vacation rolls around, the last thing a kid wants to do is have to go back to school. But in Venezuela, for many school is the only place they can get a solid meal. In this special report, we highlight a plan by the Miranda state government to use state schools to feed hungry kids during their school break.
The Struggle to Feed the Hospital Universitario's Patients
It kills doctors and nurses to know their patients are being served food that isn't nutritious enough —or even just plain enough. We talk with doctors, patients and catering staff at the Universtario: a hospital in a hunger crisis.
We are not the kids we used to be
Maduro is Yoko Ono. Discuss.
Xtandi
Reading about an obscure cancer drug is a constant reminder of the tragedy that has befallen us, and many Venezuelans.
Wedding Crashers
My big, fat, trying-to-survive-Maduro wedding.
Virtual Families
The extended Venezuelan family is a thing of the past. It has now been replaced by 0’s and 1’s, by cold LCD screens, beeps and buzzes.
The Price of Survival is Loneliness
No flour, no chicken, no friends, no help, no social life.
The Debacle on the Inside
Few people who live in exile can get through the day without the Venezuelan crisis invading their insides.
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