“Sometimes they die in your arms just from dehydration.” Children in Venezuela are dying of malnutrition, but the government won’t admit it.http://nyti.ms/2yMTHFr
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Kenyerber Aquino Merchán was born healthy: 6 pounds 7 ounces. At 17 months old, he starved to death. http://nyti.ms/2B2jAqI pic.twitter.com/kw2JOzmSFZ
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“Your mamá is here with you, my daughter — and I love you,” Albiannys Castillo told her baby girl. The 5-month-old died soon after. http://nyti.ms/2B2jAqI pic.twitter.com/z8sG8nQ776
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Esteban’s mother couldn’t breast-feed him, so a neighbor did it. The baby was rushed to a hospital weighing 4 pounds 10 ounces. http://nyti.ms/2B2jAqI pic.twitter.com/ibZxZ65IYO
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Oriana Caraballo couldn’t bear the pain of watching her kids go hungry. She was about to hang herself, but then she heard her daughter start to cry. http://nyti.ms/2B2jAqI pic.twitter.com/oU2gYSDMAU
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When this baby died, severe malnutrition was listed as the cause of death — rare in Venezuela. “In some public hospitals, it is prohibited to diagnose malnutrition,” one doctor said. http://nyti.ms/2B2jAqI pic.twitter.com/FqGwCDLgzc
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For women, the burden of caring for children can be so great that many opt to be sterilized. http://nyti.ms/2B2jAqI pic.twitter.com/VOkLi9AyNW
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@gumede783@TonySantanaZA Who was it that we had this debate with? ... the extreme fabulosity of#Socialism and the Venezuelan model? -
The Venezuelan Model is socialism. Take from those that have and give to those that don't work. Promise everything for free and soon you have nothing to give.
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#Venezuela economy without mentioning role of U.S. sanctions and intentional collapse of oil prices? Venezuela can’t even get aid because of sanctions. Even charity is barred. Shoddy journalism from “paper of record.” .@nytimes -
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Gee, who could have predicted this? I mean, besides everyone who warned of the eventuality of socialism.
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It's called socialism, run by yet another dictator. Never works. Never. Yet liberal leaders here and in Europe push it on the masses.
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