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From Caracas: What Are Venezuela's Communes?

Lecturer at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela, Cira Pascual Marquina, talks to TeleSUR's Rey Gomez on Venezuela's communes.

By TeleSUR English
Feb 8th 2018 at 5.26pm
Source: TeleSUR English
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