Panampodcast

The collapse of Venezuela's economy and the decapitation of democracy in Venezuela have consolidated all economic and political power in the hands of the brutal regime of Nicolas Maduro. With the rise of a new malaria epidemic, Maduro maintains tight control on the importation and distribution of medicines, leaving public hospitals without necessary supplies. Dr. Jose Felix Oletta predicted the epidemic, and suggests that more than half a million Venezuelans will contract the dreaded tropical disease in 2017. Meanwhile, Maduro refuses to publish statistics or admit their is a crisis, maintaining the mantra that "Venezuela has the best healthcare in Latin America." Food and medicine have now become weapons of the regime to punish opponents and reward government supporters.