Meanwhile, president Nicolás Maduro has said he’s coming to the aid of Venezuelan babies. His administration is taking over Kimberly-Clark’s factory to restore supplies. Desperate parents shouldn’t hold their hopes up, though. Neither his government nor the one that preceded it have a great track record of running the companies they’ve nationalized.

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