Big-picture analyses of Venezuela's slow-motion economic collapse have piled up over recent years, and especially recent months. But what might get lost in that picture is the desperate situations Venezuelan citizens are increasingly finding themselves in, reports the Wall Street Journal. The piece catalogues problems such as deaths in hospitals due to lack of medications and functioning respirators, and the daily hunt for accessibly priced food in Venezuela's official markets -- or the high-priced illegal counterparts -- amid electricity and water cuts in Caracas.
Acute shortages in Venezuela (Feb. 16, 2016)
Acute shortages in Venezuela (Feb. 16, 2016)
Acute shortages in Venezuela (Feb. 16, 2016)
Big-picture analyses of Venezuela's slow-motion economic collapse have piled up over recent years, and especially recent months. But what might get lost in that picture is the desperate situations Venezuelan citizens are increasingly finding themselves in, reports the Wall Street Journal. The piece catalogues problems such as deaths in hospitals due to lack of medications and functioning respirators, and the daily hunt for accessibly priced food in Venezuela's official markets -- or the high-priced illegal counterparts -- amid electricity and water cuts in Caracas.