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The economy is in ruins, the currency is all but worthless, shops are empty and people queue for subsidised food rations to survive. Hugo Chavez launched a socialist revolution in 1998, but under his successor, Nicolas Maduro, the oil-rich country has become a failing state. A week in the capital Caracas revealed a city on the edge of destruction. The first things you see are the queues. They start at about 3:00am across the city, with tens of thousands waiting in line to buy subsidised food. "They are fine in the government, they eat", one woman clutching a baby says in disgust.
As the reporters move on they pass people scavenging through garbage for food and billboards boasting how much more people are eating since the revolution. The only business that's booming in the barrios is crime. With close to 4,000 murders a year, Caracas is getting a reputation as the most dangerous city in Latin America. Open elections are a thing of the past. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says, "even though today over 80 per cent of the population is desperate for a profound change, they have realised that they no longer can have even uncompetitive elections".
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