Putsch comes to shove: Venezuela

The Economist Podcasts

• Episode: Putsch comes to shove: Venezuela
• Website: The Economist Podcasts
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• Duration: 00:22:05
• Published: 2019-05-01 11:59

Juan Guaidó, the opposition figure widely viewed as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, has made a dramatic attempt to seize power from President Nicolás Maduro. But the effort appears stalled; how did he go wrong? We look more widely at coups around the world, why they succeed or fail and even how to predict them. And, a dramatic embassy raid reveals why it’s so tough to be a North Korean dissident.

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