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Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuela protest leader Maria Corina Machado charged with plot to kill President Maduro The 47-year-old opposition leader is the second figurehead from anti-government protests to be prosecuted. 03/12/2014
Now playing Next World 'Elements of democracy have disappeared' - former Venezuelan Interior Minister Euronews has spoken to Venezuelan jurist, politician and writer Asdrúbal Aguiar for his insights into the situation in his country. Aguiar was 27/02/2014
Now playing Next World Venezuela's bloody people's protests challenge Maduro's competence Venezuela’s worst unrest for a decade shows little sign of letting up. Three weeks into anti-government protests, more than a dozen people have been 25/02/2014
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Now playing Next World Venezuela's Capriles may trump Maduro Many questions have opened up in Venezuela about its future, following the strongly contested presidential election in which the candidate of the 15/04/2013
Now playing Next World Venezuela's election under Chavez nostalgia The presidential election this Sunday in Venezuela is expected to give the country either a leader who tries to fill the shoes of the late Hugo 13/04/2013