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In weak nations, environmental stress can tip society into catastrophe

2016-06-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Venezuela was unraveling even before Hugo Chávez died in 2013. The situation has only gotten worse since. Despite having the worlds largest oil reserves, inflation has soared to 500 percent, the murder rate is the highest in the world, and chronic shortages of food, water, and medicine make daily life a struggle. A man was recently burned alive outside a supermarket in Caracas for stealing the equivalent of $5. The country has been on a downward spiral for so many years, says Cynthia Arnson, director...

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