Venezuela's children suffer in hunger and refugee crisis

Malnutrition and diseases are on the rise and hundreds of thousands have fled the South American country because of hunger and violence. If you were to ask people to name the world's major refugee crises, it's doubtful that Venezuela would be high on anyone's list. But more than 1.5 million people have fled the South American country to get away from hunger, violence and disease. As with any refugee crisis, children are being hit badly - particularly the very young. Tuberculosis is back and other infectious illnesses - including malaria, diphtheria and measles - have increased as Venezuela struggles with an economic nightmare that has seen five years of recession and inflation rocketing to more than 4000%. The International Monetary Fund forecasts inflation will hit 13,000% by the end of this year. The hunger crisis means malnutrition is growing too. More…