In Venezuela, life has gone from bad to worse. And the world has quit noticing

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In Venezuela, life has gone from bad to worse. And the world has quit noticing
José Antonio Ocanto



In recent weeks, the people calling in to my morning radio show in the Venezuelan town of Trujillo have asked questions I just can’t answer: "When will the power be back?" "Where can we get clean water?" "How long will we have to deal with this situation?"

Things have been hard for years here, and Venezuelans have gotten used to power disruptions, food shortages and other systemic problems. But lately it’s been much, much worse.

Power outages now last anywhere from 10 hours to five days, and affect critical facilities. The other day somebody from a nearby hospital reached out to me on social media so I could let listeners know that the power at their facility was down. “Thank God nobody was attached to a life-saving machine or in surgery when the power went out,” the message said.

Read more at: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-ocanto-venezuela-guaido-maduro-trujillo-radio-20190421-story.html