The Messy Road Out of Lockdowns | Caracas Chronicles
Lockdowns are working, there’s no doubt. Curves are flattening and the epidemic is contracting. The basic reproductive number (R0) of COVID-19 in the UK, for…
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Dancing Against Disease and Evil Spirits | Caracas Chronicles
On April 5th, we saw a sun halo in the Venezuelan sky. The images went viral thanks to dozens of citizens, journalists, and media outlets…
Not Enough Guns for a Quarantined Country | Caracas Chronicles
Venezuela started its second month of quarantine and Caracas sees more people on the streets every day, almost as if they fear hunger more than…
COVID-19 in the Caribbean: So Open, so Vulnerable
By Bert Hoffmann* Beach in Jamaica/ Marc Veraart/ Flickr/ Creative Commons License (not modified) In the Caribbean, the COVID-19 crisis hits some of the world’s…
Cuba: Dealing with the Global Pandemic
By Ricardo Torres* COVID-19 Response: Over 100 Cuban Nurses Arrive Barbados / Flickr / Public Domain Cuba faces a “perfect storm” – a global health…
Official Pressure to Keep the Pandemic Quiet | Caracas Chronicles
Photo: Iván Ernesto Reyes. On the night of April 6th, Luis Serrano, general coordinator of NGO Redes Ayuda, was outside his home receiving a package…
A Very Costly Cure | Caracas Chronicles
Photo: Carlos Jaimes. Donald Trump recently said that the U.S. could not “let the cure be worse than the problem itself,” hinting that America should…
Where Did COVID-19 Come From? | Caracas Chronicles
Photo: Carlos Jaimes. The origin of the SARS-Cov-2 has been a constant source of debate and controversy. Everyone seems to have their own theory, which…
No Food or Fuel, Just Homemade Masks: Quarantine in Cumaná | Caracas Chronicles
Photo: Nayrobis Rodríguez. Irene Marín bought two homemade facemasks from her neighbor, a seamstress, for herself and her husband. Although she’d like to comply with…
IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
It has been confirmed that the International Monetary Fund, also known as IMF, has rejected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s request for US$5 billion in order…
