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World Service,2 mins

Venezuelans desperately looking for medicine

Newsday

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An increasing number of people in Venezuela are turning to social media to try to find potentially life-saving drugs. As the country is struggling with dwindling supplies of medicine, some are appealing on Twitter. Among them is Luiz Valdivia who tweeted pictures of his child's medication. His two-year-old boy suffers from leukaemia. Âé¶¹Éç Newsday spoke to the desperate father. (Caption: Activists take part in an anti-government demonstration protesting against the shortage of medicaments in Caracas on March 31, 2016. Credit: Frederico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)

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