In crisis-ridden Venezuela, electricity is also scarce
Venezuelans are accustomed to severe shortages of oil, diapers and other staple products. But those hoping to buy what they could find got a new unpleasant surprise this week. They…
Kenya clashes and Bolivia’s failed coup show perils of economic hardship
Deadly Kenyan protests that scuppered tax hikes and a failed coup amid fading economic prospects in Bolivia this week are violent reminders of the dangers posed by faltering economies and…
New pink wave in Latin America
Gustav Petro, a former M-19 guerrilla, was elected the first left-wing President in Colombia’s history on June 19, 2022 in a run-off that gave him 50.5 percent of the votes…
Two little triumphs
NEW ZEALAND and Bolivia do not have much in common apart from being relatively small countries in the southern hemisphere, but in recent days projected election results in both countries…
Whitewashed reporting
Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party won a decisive victory in the country’s presidential elections, with its candidate Luis Arce apparently winning by a large enough margin to avoid a…
Nip glaucoma in the bud
NINE-YEAR-OLD Hajra visited the paediatric ophthalmology department at our hospital with complaints of decreased vision. An examination revealed that her visual loss was significant and irreversible in both eyes. All…
For migrants, the Darien Gap is hell; for adventure tourists, it’s a magnet
Deep in the Panamanian jungle, Venezuelan migrant Franca Ramirez was scrambling to reach higher ground as a rushing river broke its banks, he said, when something caught his eye: a…
Peace deals elsewhere
THE state is talking to the TTP for a deal and its critics are being told such deals have happened the world over and the Northern Ireland peace accord called the Good…
Critical care and laboratory medicine
Venezuelan shopkeeper Manuel Saavedra says new US sanctions are strangling him - and lots of other everyday people. A video game store owner in Caracas, Saavedra has been forced to…
The battle for Latin America
After sponsoring juntas until well into the 1990s, the US went after Central and South America with “free trade” deals before once again working with extremists. The recent elections of…
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