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Venezuela's Oil Industry Is Broken. Now It's Breaking the Environment.
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The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis's Vaccine Turnabout

The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis's Vaccine Turnabout

By Sharon LaFraniere, Patricia Mazzei and Albert Sun

Once a vaccine advocate, the Florida governor lost his enthusiasm for the shot before the Delta wave sent Covid hospitalizations and deaths soaring. It's a grim chapter he now leaves out of his rosy retelling of his pandemic response.

Venezuela's Oil Industry Is Broken. Now It's Breaking the Environment.

Venezuela's Oil Industry Is Broken. Now It's Breaking the Environment.

By Isayen Herrera, Sheyla Urdaneta and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez

Gas flares and leaking pipelines from Venezuela's once-booming oil industry, hobbled by U.S. sanctions and mismanagement, are polluting towns and a major lake.

In Belarus, the Protests Were Three Years Ago. The Crackdown Is Never-Ending.

In Belarus, the Protests Were Three Years Ago. The Crackdown Is Never-Ending.

By Valerie Hopkins and Nanna Heitmann

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko brutally repressed those who opposed his claim of re-election as president. The crackdown on dissent has only deepened since.

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