The lockdown included bans on any sales of alcohol and cigarettes and even barred exercises outside the home. 

The IMF refused a COVID–19 emergency loan to Venezuela unless it agreed to overthrow President Maduro and installs the Washington-backed Juan Guaidó.

Elders and already sick folks are at risk down South, the Blackest region of the nation with the worst health care.

COVID-19 May Trigger a “Crisis of Legitimacy”

Citing the novel by Chinua Achebe, political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal notes: “We see outside our doors, our windows, a world we did not know, that now exists.