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BONUS: Venezuela's Rise and Fall : Consider This from NPR Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as extreme poverty and violence have forced many to flee the country in recent years. How did a country once wealthy with oil resources fall into such turmoil?

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BONUS: Venezuela's Rise and Fall

BONUS: Venezuela's Rise and Fall

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Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as extreme poverty and violence have forced many to flee the country in recent years. How did a country once wealthy with oil resources fall into such turmoil?

NPR's Throughline looks back on the rise and fall of Venezuela through the lives of two revolutionaries turned authoritarian leaders separated by two centuries.

Throughline is NPR's history podcast. Listen via Apple, Spotify, Google, or Pocket Casts.

This episode was originally published on May 16th, 2019.