Chernobyl, When Humans Are the Enemy

Chernobyl, the miniseries, was a hit. It’s about the most serious nuclear disaster in history and raised questions about some of the decisions authorities took during those fateful days. Its transcendence is such that you can’t help but think about the present events and the consequences of another human-made environmental catastrophe. Who are the perpetrators? Who are the victims? Chernobyl immerses you in the horror that followed that now distant fateful April 26, 1986. In fact, its consequences are still palpable. There’s a ghost town, thousands of broken lives, and a government whose main priority was to remain silent. This…