July 26, 2024

Coronavirus Comes To Venezuela

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The coronavirus pandemic has made a bad situation appalling. And the last couple of weeks have seen things become even worse. The state of Venezuela’s oil industry shows how desperate the country’s circumstances have become: Venezuela still has some of the biggest oil reserves in the world, but the last oil rig stopped drilling last week. And the current president, Nicolás Maduro, does not appear to be doing anything to resolve things. By Stacy Vanek Smith and Cardiff Garcia. Full Text-> NPR

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