Original version

BBC World Service South Asia

From Our Own Correspondent

News

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers.

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world.

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

From Our Own Correspondent: In the Shadow of the Strongman

Magazines & Reviews

In the Shadow of the Strongman

05/12/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, In the Shadow of the Strongman

Political agendas and harsh economic truths in Venezuela, Nepal, Ghana and Albania

Venezuela's political passions and endless shopping lines; Nepalis wonder whether to earn abroad or stay home to rebuild; Ghana's Gaddafi fans; a former prison camp in Albania

Stories of political will and harsh economic truth from around the world. Owen Bennett Jones introduces dispatches from:

Wyre Davies, in Venezuela as it prepares to vote on the record of the Chavista PSUV - can it hold on to the loyalty of the masses?

Kieran Cooke, who hears from the young Nepalis torn between travelling abroad to earn, or staying at home to rebuild homes and villages shattered by this year's earthquakes 

Jake Wallis Simons, meeting an unexpected number of Gaddafi fans on the streets of Accra, in Ghana

and Maria Margaronis, who walks the site of a former prison camp in Albania with a man still marked by his years interned there. 

Photo: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro waves during the closing rally of the electorial campaign on December 3, 2015 in Caracas. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

From Our Own Correspondent

In the Shadow of the Strongman

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service South Asia

About BBC World Service