The need for a political resolution to the Venezuela crisis is more urgent than ever. The reverberations of a growing migration crisis-the world’s largest outside of war-will place increasing strains on fragile institutions across the region already reeling from the shocks of coronavirus. Still, worsening conditions inside the country will inevitably force even more Venezuelans to seek better lives elsewhere, at the same time that regional neighbors struggle with their own public resources already pushed to the brink. The pandemic has also disrupted migrant and refugee flows. Nicolás Maduro has taken advantage of this crisis to further restrict political liberties and stifle any political dissent. 1 Fabiola Zerpa, James Attwood, and Nicolle Yapur, “Venezuela on Brink of Famine with Fuel Too Scarce to Sow Crops,” Bloomberg, June 11, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic, which has rattled even the most developed nations, is further straining a crippled health system already unable to provide even the most basic medicines, stalling an economy in never-ending hyperinflationary collapse, and fueling social unrest as food and gasoline become increasingly scarce. Two months after the internationally recognized interim government marked its first year, Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis, the worst ever in the Western Hemisphere’s modern history, entered a new phase.
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