In Venezuela, a once-leading AIDS program lies in ruins

More than a decade ago, the country was lauded for its treatment program. Now, Venezuela is years into a political and economic crisis 

Juan Coronel had HIV for years, he told me, but by the time he was sick enough to need anti-retrovirals, Venezuela’s HIV/AIDS program was chronically short of medications. He died on June 19.

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