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The Venezuelans Trading Medicine On Twitter

Patients are turning to social media to source vital medical supplies, but the government insists there is ‘no emergency’.

Patients in the troubled South American country are turning to social media to source vital medical supplies. We hear from a former patient and a doctor who have both struggled to find medicine. If the government declared a state of emergency, international aid agencies could provide fresh supplies, but the government says the situation is manageable.

And – we find out why people are putting their names in parenthesis on Twitter. What started as a campaign led by anti-Semitic trolls turned into an act of defiance, as both Jewish and non-Jewish people tried to reclaim the racist symbol.

Produced by Kate Lamble.

Photo: Olga Ramos

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18 minutes

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Sun 12 Jun 2016 09:32GMT

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  • Sat 11 Jun 2016 19:32GMT
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