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This segment of our series on Latin American politics

is about Venezuela. Hugo Chavez's rise to power, inspired leftists around the world.

But today, Venezuela is being rocked by severe economic and political crises.

A huge decline in oil prices gutted the

revenue stream that Venezuela depended on to bank role at social spending.

Chavez's successor, Nicholas Maduro, is now increasingly turning to violent repression in response

to constant and often violent, protests from the opposition.

For the left inside Venezuela and out, what to make of the Bolivarian Revolution and the disastrous

current state of affairs in the country, is a complicated matter that urgently needs to be

analyzed, discussed, and debated.

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