(FILES) This file photo taken on May 20, 2017 shows opposition demonstrators pour petrol over an alleged thief during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.
It is not just Venezuela's economy and political system that are sick, experts say -- but society itself. An epidemic of lynchings is the most gruesome symptom. According to the Venezuelan Interior and Justice Ministry the victim, Orlando Figuera, 21, who was set on fire accused of being a chavist or a thief, remains at hospital with first and second degree burns in 80% of his body and several stab wounds. / AFP PHOTO / CARLOS BECERRA / Venezuela OUT
