Diseases – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:41:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Diseases – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Sick and starving, Venezuelan children stoke fear of a lost generation – and more violence https://onvenezuela.com/sick-and-starving-venezuelan-children-stoke-fear-of-a-lost-generation-and-more-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sick-and-starving-venezuelan-children-stoke-fear-of-a-lost-generation-and-more-violence Sat, 22 Feb 2020 14:04:23 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=1551

Amid Venezuela’s political and economic upheaval, millions of children are facing hunger, preventable diseases, lack of education and violence. Chronic poverty and food shortages drive kids and their families to desperation, whether sifting through garbage for scraps or joining a gang — and facing brutal consequences. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports on Venezuela’s lost generation. By Marcia Biggs. Full text and video -> PBS

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