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  • Colonel José Luis Silva
    Video duration 0:51
    Military attache backs Venezuela's Guaido Jump to media player Venezuela's defence attache in Washington, Colonel José Luis Silva, says he now recognises Juan Guaido as interim leader.
    • 27 Jan
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  • Protests in Venezuela
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    Mass protest against Venezuela's Maduro Jump to media player Thousands protest in Venezuela's capital in a bid to topple President Nicolás Maduro's government.
    • 23 Jan
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  • Maduro and Guaido
    Video duration 1:55
    Who's really in charge in Venezuela? Jump to media player Opposition leader Juan Guaidó has declared himself interim president, and the US is backing him.
    • 24 Jan
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  • Venezuela migraiton
    Video duration 1:48
    Why millions of people have fled Venezuela Jump to media player Millions of Venezuelans have left their country since 2014, spurred on by hyper-inflation and food shortages.
    • 22 Aug 18
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  • Venezuelan mother with her child
    Video duration 4:06
    Begging for food in Venezuela Jump to media player Food has become so scarce in Venezuela after the economy collapsed that people are getting desperate.
    • 22 Feb 18
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  • Venezuelans heading to Peru walk along the Panamerican highway in Tulcan, Ecuador
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    Thousands fleeing Venezuela every day Jump to media player More than two million people have fled since 2014 - that's 7% of Venezuela's population. Watch our report to find out why.
    • 25 Aug 18
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  • Venezuela meat market
    Video duration 3:49
    Where families buy rotten meat to eat Jump to media player Shortages, inflation and power cuts are causing misery in Venezuela's oil-rich Zulia state.
    • 16 Oct 18
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  • Woman in shelter feeding baby
    Video duration 1:50
    Venezuela indigenous group flees crisis Jump to media player More than 500 Venezuelans from the Warao tribe live in an indigenous refugee camp across the border in northern Brazil.
    • 08 May 18
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  • A child in Venezuela
    Video duration 4:01
    Mothers giving away babies in Venezuela Jump to media player In the crisis-hit country, women are being forced to make difficult choices about their children.
    • 02 Nov 18
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  • Nicolas Maduro
    Video duration 0:52
    Venezuela's Maduro wins re-election Jump to media player Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro wins re-election in a vote marred by an opposition boycott.
    • 21 May 18
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  • Venezuelan soldiers running
    Video duration 1:04
    Soldiers run amid 'drone attack' Jump to media player Footage shows Venezuela's president looking up and dozens of soldiers running. He later blamed Colombia for the incident.
    • 05 Aug 18
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  • Venezuelan migrant in Brazil
    Video duration 2:20
    'We never thought it would come to this' Jump to media player Two Venezuelans in Brazil say despite losing everything in clashes on the border they are determined to stay.
    • 23 Aug 18
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