Venezuela in 5 minutes: ‘Inflation is projected to reach 10,000,000 percent in 2019’
On this week’s episode of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, I did a whole hour with infectious diseases pathologist and clinician at the IDB Biomedical Research Institute in Barquisimeto, Venezuela and founder of the Venezuelan Science Incubator, Dr Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi.
The show was about the multiple epidemics situation in the country; however, Dr Paniz-Mondolfi gave us a 5+ minute thumbnail description of the economic and political turmoil that ensued after the Bolivarian revolution.
The nationalization of industry, the oil collapse and currency issues were all highlighted. Paniz-Mondolfi says these policies have “wreaked havoc” in the country.
The inflation rate was predicted to reach 1,000,000 percent in 2018; however, as he notes, it reached 1,370,000% and is projected to reach 10 million percent this year!
Dr Paniz-Mondolfi also emphasized the crime and violence and healthcare crisis currently engulfing the failed state.
LISTEN to the full interview with Dr. Paniz-Mondolfi: Venezuela epidemics: From measles to malaria with Dr. Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi
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- Measles in Venezuela: Public health system in decay
- Venezuela’s health crisis: A discussion with Dr. Leopoldo Villegas
- Venezuela measles outbreak: 3,500 lab-confirmed cases in 2018
- Venezuela malaria crisis: Antimalarial drugs out of stock, Worst epidemic in 75 years
- Venezuela is world’s ‘Most Miserable’ country again
- Venezuela: The tragedy of socialism in real time
- Venezuela: Violent crime, shortages prompt travel warning
- Diphtheria in Venezuela: Denials and conspiratorial accusations
- Venezuela: Malaria cases increase 10x since 2010
- Brazil imported measles outbreak tops 10,000 cases last year
- Totalitarian governments spawn infectious disease outbreaks that place other countries at risk
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