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Professor cannot afford to fix his shoes

This university professor needs four months wages to repair his shoes.

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Half a burger? Here's what one month's pay will get you in Venezuela

Minimum wage in Caracas can buy you five cups of coffee — or half a burger. But what other things can you buy with one month's pay in the South American country?

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17 die in Caracas nightclub stampede

At least seventeen people died at a Caracas club early on Saturday morning when a person activated a tear gas grenade inside, Venezuela's interior minister Nestor Reverol said.

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Maduro confronts worsening international backlash on day after re-election

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faces a worsening international backlash after Sunday's election results.

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Venezuelan elections: Who is Maduro up against this year?

With a completely different set of opposition candidates, Euronews looks at who Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is up against in Sunday's presidential election.

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Venezuelan elections: 'People still believe in Chavismo but don't support Maduro'

This Sunday, Venezuelans will go to the polls in snap elections called by the government to elect their future president. Many believe that Nicolas Maduro will be elected for a second term but the Chavista president has lost a lot of support over the years.

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The story behind the Venezuelan World Press Photo of 2018

Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt was covering the anti-government protests in his home country when a motorcycle's petrol tank exploded and a protester next to him caught fire.

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Relatives demand explanations following prison deaths

Some 68 people died in a riot and fire in police station cells in Venezuela.

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Venezuela exodus: thousands flock to Colombia for food and water

In this Aid Zone Euronews' Monica Pinna travels to the Colombia city of Cúcuta to see the humanitarian crisis unfolding on the country's border with Venezuela.

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Over 60 prisoners killed in Venezuela police station fire

Riot leads to tragedy as blaze kills prisoners.

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Venezuelans flee to Colombia to escape economic meltdown

In a special report Euronews' Monica Pinna travels to the Colombia border to witness the mass exodus of Venezuelan migrants.

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José Abreu, the father of El Sistema, dies aged 78

José Abreu, the award-winning founder of a program that pulled thousands of Venezuelan children from crime and poverty through music, died

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Three less zeros for Venezuelan bank notes

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that the country's bank notes will be re-issued but with three less zeros. The move is the result of a economic crisis that has seen the bolivar plummet against other currencies.

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Euroviews. The bridge of last hope is a window on modern Venezuela | View

All kinds of people turn up at the border with one thing in common - desperation.

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Former Prosecutor General denounces “more than 8000 executions” in criminal case against Venezuela regime

Luisa Ortega, was dismissed from office last year after she denounced constitutional reforms promoted by President Nicolas Maduro as a breach of democracy.

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Venezuela's Maduro not welcome at key Americas summit

Venezuela's president is criticised by neighbouring nations for his handling of the country's economic and political crisis.

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Venezuelans rush to borders as Colombia and Brazil tighten controls

Colombia and Brazil are tightening border controls after hundreds of thousands of desperate people flee hunger and a spiralling political crisis in Venezuela.

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No surgical supplies, no water: shortages cripple Venezuelan hospital

With the Venezuelan government in a state of denial about the country's crippling healthcare crisis, patients and doctors are left to fend for themselves. "We even had to bring the gloves and the doctor's hat" - one woman described her partner's harrowing hospital stay to Euronews.

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Venezuela returns to medical 'stone age'

The director of the Venezuelan civil association CodeVida blames the Venezuelan government for daily deaths caused by the health crisis in the country.

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The fate of a rogue Venezuelan helicopter pilot remains unknown

Oscar Perez took to social media to say he was being attaked in an operation which the government said killed five members of a terrorist cell.

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