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HARDtalk: David Smolansky - Former Mayor of El Hatillo, Venezuela

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David Smolansky - Former Mayor of El Hatillo, Venezuela

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Stephen Sackur talks to David Smolansky, former mayor of El Hatillo, Venezuela.

Stephen Sackur talks to David Smolansky. Why does Venezuela's opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers?

Stephen Sackur talks to David Smolansky, an anti-regime activist who was the mayor of a district in Caracas until he fled the country to escape a jail term for aiding 2017's street protests. There was a time in 2017 when it seemed President Maduro's grip on power in Venezuela was loosening. Yet here we are two months away from a presidential election with Maduro oozing confidence and his opponents seemingly in disarray. Why does Venezuela's opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers?

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