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Venezuela's economic crisis Why Venezuela Is So Poor Despite Having So Much Oil

This is Lyadov and today I am going to tell you about probably the most realistic and dangerous shooting I have ever experienced. It is about Venezuela. The fact is that I arrived there when the country was in absolute turmoil. There was a real revolution. Despite Venezuela being the richest country in oil reserves, Maduro, who was in charge at the time, led Venezuela into a terrible deficit. There was literally nothing in the stores, no food, not even toilet paper! At first, I even wanted to refuse to fly to Venezuela, because there was real lawlessness in the country. Armed men could come up to you in the street and take everything you had. They could shoot you and nobody could help you, because the hospitals did not work, because there was no electricity in the country! But I decided to take the risk and go there after all. The embassy official who met me and my cameraman at the airport in Caracas strictly forbade us to leave the hotel unaccompanied, because it was simply not safe

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  • Originally Aired September 20, 2024
  • Runtime 54 minutes
  • Created September 20, 2024 by
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  • Modified September 20, 2024 by
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