The spread of the Zika virus in Venezuela isn’t the only pressing issue that the South American country is currently facing, but it might be the hardest to get a solid grasp of. The country’s current economic downturn has led to a variety of struggles, and the fact that doctors…
Brazil has been designated as the epicenter of the current Zika virus outbreak, but their neighbors to the north have become one of the breeding ground for the diseases spread. Unfortunately, relief doesn’t look to be coming anytime soon. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and reported by The…
The case itself is over a decade old, and some of the details involved go back even further, but a federal trial over a $100 million lawsuit issued in 2004 has finally begun in a United States court in the state of Ohio. At first glance the surrounding details read…
Venezuelans have been aware for a while now that the country’s food supplies have been low — the whole world, really, is probably aware that the country is still running only because residents have been getting supplies through the black market lines from Colombia. Only recently has President Maduro actually…
President Nicolás Maduro hasn’t been a fan of open communication in the past. From refusing to release information about Venezuela’s inflation rate to lying about how much the Zika virus has affected the country, clear communication just doesn’t seem to be his style. So it came as a pretty big…
Venezuela’s central bank recently stated that it would begin printing Bolivar bills of higher denominations, while phasing out bills of lower denominations, in an attempt to mitigate the country’s inflation rate. According to Venezuela Analysis, the bank will begin printing bills will values of 500 and 1,000. As the Wall…
An estimated 50 to 70 million American adults may suffer from sleep or wakefulness disorders, but countless people in Venezuela and Colombia are losing sleep as they worry about relations between their countries, their economic futures, and the Zika virus. Venezuela is considering reopening its border with Columbia in an…
Venezuelan opposition leader José Manuel Olivares is claiming that President Nicolás Maduro has not accurately reported the number of Zika cases in Venezuela. According to Breitbart, Olivares is also Chair of the Subcommittee on Health in Venezuela’s National Assembly and has recently appealed to the World Health Organization (WHO) for…