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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 β€˜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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