TIMELINE: The unfolding Venezuelan humanitarian crisis
The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela may have reached a high point these past few months as political tensions over humanitarian aid escalated. Venezuelans have faced severe food and medicine shortages due to an economy rocked by hyperinflation. Over 3 million Venezuelans have fled the country, most since 2015. To understand how Venezuela has reached its current state of crisis, it is necessary to look back at the country’s political tumult over the past six years.
