May 20, 2024

In the Venezuelan ‘Workers’ Paradise,’ very different pandemics for the haves and have-nots

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Venezuela’s raging coronavirus outbreak had filled nearly every hospital bed in the capital, leaving the Fuentes family scrambling when three of its members came down with acute cases of covid-19 at virtually the same time. Their solution: Build their own medical ward inside their four-bedroom home. By Ana Vanessa Herrero and Anthony Faiola

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