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Is Venezuela becoming a dictatorship?

Venezuela may have the world's largest oil reserves, but it's a nation in trouble… economically and politically. Is a populist promise to rescue democracy turning out to be a prelude to dictatorship?

By Warren Olney • Apr 4, 2017 • 52m Listen

Photo: Opposition supporters hold placards depicting Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro reading: "No more dictatorship. Out Maduro" and "No more dictatorship", during a rally against Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela April 1, 2017. (Christian Veron/Reuters)

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sáša Woodruff
Producer, 'To the Point'
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Producer, 'Press Play'
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To the Point

Is Venezuela becoming a dictatorship?

Venezuela may have the world's largest oil reserves, but it's a nation in trouble… economically and politically. Is a populist promise to rescue democracy turning out to be a prelude to dictatorship?

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To the Point

Is Venezuela becoming a dictatorship?

Venezuela may have the world's largest oil reserves, but it's a nation in trouble… economically and politically. Is a populist promise to rescue democracy turning out to be a prelude to dictatorship?

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