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Black Hole Friday
Your daily briefing for Saturday, August 18, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Yesterday’s Announcements Add Fuel to the Economic Debacle Fire
Big changes are coming and no one seems to understand how they will work. Wages will be anchored to an unexisting but centralized cryptocurrency, five zeros will be removed from the bolivar and fuel will have a new international price. What does it mean? We’re all in the dark, trying to guess.
The Woes, ‘Whats?!’ and ‘Wows!’ of Paying for Cabs in Caracas
What happens when you throw a Carlos in Caracas and ask him to pay for a taxi? Chaos, delays, inconveniences, slow data service and everything else caraqueños know to be true, with the extra paranoia that out-of-towners rightfully feel.
CEVECE: Rise and Fall of Venezuela’s Historical Epidemiology Center
The Venezuelan Center for Disease Classification (CEVECE) was founded in 1955 and for years spearheaded the region’s efforts to develop trustable, comparable and standardized epidemiologic data. Now, its future looks as grim as expected in a country facing the worst health crisis in the continent.
Bacteria & Negligence Result in Dead Children In Barquisimeto
As the healthcare crisis worsens, several reports have come to light regarding the death of 16 children in a Barquisimeto hospital. The deaths are attributed to bacteria serratia marcescens and the negligence of authorities who would rather silence the victims than help prevent more cases.
Apocalypse Without Gaita
Your daily briefing for Monday, August 13, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
You Know Where Protesting Will Take You: From Citizen to Terrorist
Isaac López and over a dozen of his neighbors went to jail for protesting in their town square. He still has to show up in court every fifteen days and spend his monthly salary defending himself of a crime he didn’t commit.
Nicolás, The Irrelevant
Your daily briefing for Friday, August 12, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
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