The Public-Health Case Against Nicolás Maduro
As severe malnutrition engulfs Venezuela, there are strong public-health grounds for international criminal charges against President Nicolás Maduro. With diplomatic efforts to remove Maduro seemingly at a standstill, such an approach could offer another route toward changing the country’s leadership.
NEW YORK – In medical school, we learned about the ghastly effects of severe protein-calorie malnutrition. But we thought that conditions such as kwashiorkor and marasmus were mainly of historical significance, the scourges of long-ago wars and prison camps. We did not expect to witness them in our lifetimes.