A few decades ago, Venezuela was considered one of Latin America’s strongest democratic examples. Then it became an autocracy. Correspondent Hannah Dreier began reporting from Venezuela in 2014 when the first major exodus from the country began. Dreier, now an investigative reporter for the New York Times, speaks with The World’s Host Marco Werman about how the country’s democratic institutions began to hollow out.
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