The economy is in ruins, the currency is
all but worthless, shops are empty and people queue for subsidised food rations
to survive. A charismatic former army colonel named Hugo Chavez launched a
socialist revolution after he was elected in 1998. But under his successor,
Nicolas Maduro, the oil-rich country has become a failing state. Foreign
Correspondent reporter Eric Campbell and producer Matt Davis went undercover in
Venezuela as tourists to evade the government's restrictions on foreign
journalists. A week in the capital Caracas revealed a city on the edge of
destruction. More… 
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Venezuela undercover: A nation on the brink
The economy is in ruins, the currency is
all but worthless, shops are empty and people queue for subsidised food rations
to survive. A charismatic former army colonel named Hugo Chavez launched a
socialist revolution after he was elected in 1998. But under his successor,
Nicolas Maduro, the oil-rich country has become a failing state. Foreign
Correspondent reporter Eric Campbell and producer Matt Davis went undercover in
Venezuela as tourists to evade the government's restrictions on foreign
journalists. A week in the capital Caracas revealed a city on the edge of
destruction. More… 
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