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Catholic Church urges Venezuela to unite against coronavirus

  • Written by David Smilde, Professor of Sociology, Tulane University
He may be praying, but so far the Pope has declined to intervene in Venezuela's crisis to aid a unified coronavirus response.LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images

Coronavirus hasn’t yet hit Venezuela as hard as neighboring Brazil and Colombia. But after years of economic and political crisis, the country’s institutions are in ruins and expert...

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