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Julio Borges - President of the National Assembly of Venezuela

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News ChannelLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

Mass anti-government protests have swept across Venezuela in the past month as the country becomes ever deeper embroiled in economic and political chaos. Close to 40 people have been killed in street clashes, shops are short of food, and hospitals low on medicine.

Stephen Sackur asks Julio Borges, speaker of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, if the Chavista socialist revolution is dying on its feet. Show less

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Presenter:
Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:
Julio Borges

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