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Julio Borges

Venezuela seems closer to economic and political chaos. HARDtalk asks Julio Borges, Speaker of the National Assembly, is the Chavista Socialist revolution is dying on its feet?

Every day Venezuela seems to get one step closer to economic and political chaos. Mass anti-government protests have swept the country for the past month. Close to forty people have been killed in street clashes, the shops are short of food and hospitals low on medicine. HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur asks Julio Borges, Speaker of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, if the Chavista Socialist revolution is dying on its feet?

30 minutes

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Fri 19 May 201719:30GMT
BBC News except UK & UK HD

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Credits

PresenterStephen Sackur
Interviewed GuestJulio Borges

Broadcasts

  • Wed 17 May 201703:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Wed 17 May 201708:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Wed 17 May 201714:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Wed 17 May 201719:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Fri 19 May 201703:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Fri 19 May 201708:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD
  • Fri 19 May 201719:30GMT
    BBC News except UK & UK HD