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José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain’s Prime Minister from 2004 to 2011, has been charged with influence peddling in the controversial rescue of an airline partly owned by government officials in Venezuela. Investigators say Zapatero received millions of dollars for securing the $62 million bailout for Plus Ultra Airlines. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports on the implications of the case.