Food shortages are so bad that the average resident lost 24 pounds in 2017, and a quarter of children under 5 suffer from malnutrition.
Jorge Benezra
Venezuela is close to collapse, and opposition leader Henrique Capriles talks with TIME about how he would save his country
Venezuela's economy is collapsing, and you can see it in the horrific shape of the country's prisons, where inmates are stuffed into jails
The country's runaway murder rate is just one of the factors driving the government's opposition to remove President Nicolas Maduro
Prisons are Venezuela’s shame: filthy, overcrowded and lawless. Many are run by inmates, who impose a brutal control on the chaos. An exclusive look behind the prison walls by Sebastián Liste.
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