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12/09/2017 / By JD Heyes

Collapsing Venezuela’s chronic shortages have led to creation of “medical flea markets”

Life in Venezuela under the “socialist revolution” of President Nicolas Maduro continues to devolve into a hellish existence, and that is especially true when it comes to basic human needs like nourishment and medical care. To the latter, things are so bad in the South American nation that at any given time, its pharmaceutical association […]

11/08/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Socialized health care system COLLAPSES in Venezuela… no more hospital beds, no matter how sick you are

It didn’t take long for the socialist experiment in Venezuela to give way to malnutrition, starvation and scarcity of hospital beds and basic medical supplies. It doesn’t matter how sick you are right now in Venezuela; you might have no option but to take makeshift treatment from the hospital floor. Women are giving birth in […]

10/07/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Venezuelan doctors and teachers are becoming prostitutes to earn enough money to buy food … socialism on parade

By all rights, Venezuela should be a wealthy country, its people living in relative comfort, with an economically secure future. After all, it has the largest oil reserves on the entire planet and is rich in other natural resources. A combination of factors, including the drop in fuel prices, a crippling drought, and a sustained […]

03/08/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Venezuela’s desperate medicine shortage is having dire effects on its people

The devastation in Venezuela continues to worsen as the country runs short of valuable, life-saving medications and other necessities to keep many of the country’s citizens healthy. The children of Venezuela, in particular, are left vulnerable by the traumatic shortages striking the country. According to the Daily Mail, 85 out of every 100 medications are no […]

02/22/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Starving: 75% of Venezuelan’s lost at least 19 pounds due to malnutrition

During the presidential campaign, a decades-old video resurfaced of Bernie Sanders praising food lines in authoritarian countries. “It’s funny, sometimes American journalists talk about how bad a country is, that people are lining up for food. That’s a good thing,” Sanders argued. “In other countries, people don’t line up for food; the rich get the […]

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