A country collapsed

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 Venezuela is a desperate place. Every time he goes to visit the country where he grew up, the BBC’s Vladimir Hernandez is continually amazed by some of the extreme situations he has witnessed. This is a personal story of his visits to Venezuela and how the collapsed economy impacts people’s lives there.  

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