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El Libertador and Venezuela's Rise and Fall (2019) by NPR

El Libertador and Venezuela's Rise and Fall (2019)

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by NPR

Published: Thu Aug 19 2021

Show Notes

Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as extreme poverty and violence have forced many to flee the country in recent years. How did a country once wealthy with oil resources fall into such turmoil? Through the lives of two revolutionaries turned authoritarian leaders separated by two centuries, we look back at the rise and fall of Venezuela.

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