A lot of the country is in extreme poverty with no food in the supermarkets, very little gas at the pumps, blackouts almost daily and the currency now pretty much worthless. You're listening to THROUGHLINE from NPR.ĪBDELFATAH: The story of two leaders in Venezuela separated by nearly two centuries that shaped the country into what it is today.ĪBDELFATAH: Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis. REEVES: The crisis in Venezuela is getting worse. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #3: Millions of people are expected to pour into the streets in a broad, sweeping show of anti-Maduro protest. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #2: Dozens of Venezuelans waiting for food. Venezuela's capital has no power to pump water. PHILIP REEVES, BYLINE: This is desperate stuff. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: Breaking news tonight - sources telling Fox Business thousands of separate demonstrations will be held tomorrow in Caracas. Nevertheless, it was once among the fairest regions that are the pride of America. FEDERICO GARAY: (As Simon Bolivar, reading) With respect to heroic and hapless Venezuela, events there have moved so rapidly and the devastation has been such that it has produced to frightful desolation and almost absolute indigence.
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