LEBANON ON THE BRINK AS ECONOMIC SITUATION REACHES A CRISIS POINT

Stramed, Lebanon’s crisis is worsening, as the country’s economic emergency collides with the COVID-19 pandemic to fuel an undercurrent of discontent in the fractious nation of 6.8 million, 20% of…

THE STAGGERING SCALE OF THE VENEZUELAN REFUGEE CRISIS

Photo: Venezuelan refugee, source: George Castellanos/AFP/Getty Images   Stramed, At the end of 2019, more than 16% of Venezuela’s population have fled the country, an astonishing 4.7 million people. Venezuelans…

ENERGY AND AID AS LEVERAGE IN VENEZUELA

Photo: Venezuela faces energy crisis, source: Lifegate Stramed,  To continue pressuring the Maduro regime in Venezuela, the United States has pushed through sanctions targeting the country’s national oil company. The…