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Can Venezuela's Chavismo survive without Chavez?

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

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Venezuela, with the world's largest oil reserves, is in chaos after weeks of increasingly bloody violence on city streets and in middle-class neighborhoods.

President Nicolas Maduro, the heir to the late Hugo Chavez, says fascists, supported by the U.S., are intent on staging a coup.

Opponents blame the socialist government for destroying the economy and distracting attention by cracking down on legitimate protest.

Does the U.S. really want regime change?

Will energy supplies be affected worldwide?

Today's talking point, how could $350 million worth of bitcoins be stolen?

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Three weeks of violence may or may not come to an end as Venezuela's embattled President

Nicolas Maduro calls for a peace conference.

We'll hear about a troubled economy, the political legacy of the late Hugo Chavez,

and America's interests in a country with the world's largest oil reserves.

Today's talking point, more than 700,000

bitcoins worth $350 million have been stolen. What will that mean for the online currency

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