The response of the Chavista state to Covid-19 goes no further than repeating its authoritarian patterns of behaviour that were in place before the pandemic. Português, Espanol
The vocabulary of war contributes to concealing the differential impact of COVID, which has just found its first victims in the overcrowded refugee camps in Greece.
Authoritarianism, left unchecked to shape the public discourse, can self-propel and legitimise itself, diverting the blame for a degraded public health system from the state onto society.
La llegada de la pandemia a Guayaquil ha dejado imágenes de cadáveres abandonados en las calles y colapso total del sistema de salud. ¿Será ésta la antesala de una catástrofe sanitaria que también golpeará a los más pobres de Latinoamérica?
Amid political deadlock and ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis, and facing an increased hassle from the US, Venezuela is particularly vulnerable to face the gigantic health crisis coronavirus might unleash. Español
Con la negociación política en punto muerto y una crisis humanitaria y de derechos humanos galopante, y ante un aumento irracional de la presión de los EE. UU., Venezuela es especialmente vulnerable a la gigantesca crisis de salud que podría desatar el coronavirus.English
