Merrit Kennedy, NPR: 'This Is Going To End Ugly': Venezuela's Power Outage Drags On
Venezuela has been in the grip of a crippling blackout for four days — and the humanitarian situation there is growing increasingly dire.
Signs of the crisis are everywhere you look in the Venezuelan capital. "Drive around Caracas, and you see long lines of cars, waiting for hours at the few gas stations still operational," NPR's Philip Reeves reported from the city.
"Motorists park on highways, cell phones aloft, searching for a signal. The rich have taken refuge in luxury hotels. The poor stand in lines in the street," Reeves added.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 11, 2019
Venezuela is truly on the verge of collapse -- The Washington Post
How Assad Won in Syria, What Israel Gained and What's Next for Iran -- Amos Harel, Haaretz
Europe’s Delusions on Hezbollah -- Mark Dubowitz & Benjamin Weinthal, New York Post
What’s Causing China’s Economic Slowdown -- Christopher Balding, Foreign Affairs
Marco Polo is back in China – again -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
India and Pakistan are a brewing nuclear nightmare -- Bloomberg
Why the Pakistan-terrorist nexus persists -- Brahma Chellaney, Asia Times
Ending U.S. Risk Exposure in Korea -- Ted Galen Carpenter, RCW
What would Abe's peace treaty with Russia include? -- James D. J. Brown, Japan Times
France's strongman strategy in the Sahel -- Tarek Megerisi & Andrew Lebovich, European Council on Foreign Relations
Brexit: Is the end nigh? -- Rob Mudge, DW
Why this is the most crucial week of the Brexit process -- Samantha Hawley, ABC News Online
Exclusive: Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont on the future of Spain and Europe -- Thomas S. Harrington, Salon
Boeing 737 MAX: Is the new airplane safe? -- DW
Next flu pandemic 'a matter of when, not if,' says WHO -- Timothy Jones, DW
