Venezuela: Violence, human rights, and health-care realities

摘要

It is with deep surprise and discontent that I read The Lancet's recent World Report on Venezuela.1 Although Ewan Robertson mentions the main reasons for the recent protests arising spontaneously in most parts of the country (ie, a huge inflation rate, one of the highest criminal rates in the world, and food and goods shortages), he takes a biased stance not showing the reality or the historical events behind the present deplorable situation of Venezuela's health system.