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Putsch comes to shove: Venezuela
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
May 1, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Juan Guaidó, the opposition figure widely viewed as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, has made a dramatic attempt to seize power from President Nicolás Maduro. But the effort appears stalled; how did he go wrong? We look more widely at coups around the world, why they succeed or fail and even how to predict them. And, a dramatic embassy raid reveals why it’s so tough to be a North Korean dissident. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
May 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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