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Venezuela's humanitarian crisis has only worsened under COVID-19
PBS News Hour - World
English - September 17, 2020 22:25 - 18 MB - ★★★★ - 79 ratingsNews world news current events newshour television radio media Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has presided over an economic and societal collapse. The country's health care system was already coming apart even before the coronavirus pandemic struck. Now, COVID-19 patients are filling ICUs that lack supplies, and doctors are dying. But criticism of the government's pandemic response is grounds for arrest. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders