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Greg Wilpert discusses Venezuela's economic crisis and its underlying factors.

By Greg Wilpert - The Real News

Apr 4th 2019 at 1.38pm

Venezuela has become a popular argument against socialism amongst conservatives because of the deep economic crisis it is currently traversing. Defenders of the Bolivarian project, though, say that US sanctions and economic war are to blame for the crisis. Greg Wilpert presents an analysis that tries to take all the factors into account.

Source: The Real News Network

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