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Inside Venezuela's crisis: 8 essential reads

  • Written by Catesby Holmes, Global Affairs Editor, The Conversation US
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Since December 2014, a recession turned national emergency has left millions of Venezuelans impoverished, hungry and desperate. An estimated 54 percent of Venezuelan children are now malnourished.

As an editor on the Americas desk, this year I’ve asked numerous Venezuelan scholars to help readers understand the many...

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