
Venezuela 'Living Under Dictatorship'
Venezuela's opposition leader, Juan Guaido, has told the BBC he was right to declare himself interim president, accusing his rival Nicolas Maduro of running a dictatorship.
Venezuela's opposition leader, Juan Guaido, has told the BBC he was right to declare himself interim president, accusing his rival Nicolas Maduro of running a dictatorship. We also hear from a Venezuelan oil expert what impact sanctions, announced by the US, will have on lives of millions of people already struggling with high prices of food and medicine.
Also on the programme: Pakistan's Supreme Court has rejected the final challenge to its decision to quash the blasphemy conviction of a Christian woman, Asia Bibi -- and as a 73 year old sailor successfully circumnavigates the world solo, we hear from his friend, Sir Robin Knox Johnston, who has also managed the feat!
(Photo: Juan Guaidó. Credit: Getty Images)
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