In the Shadow of the Strongman

Available for over a year

Stories of political will and harsh economic truth from around the world. Owen Bennett Jones introduces dispatches from: Wyre Davies, in Venezuela as it prepares to vote on the record of the Chavista PSUV - can it hold on to the loyalty of the masses? Kieran Cooke, who hears from the young Nepalis torn between travelling abroad to earn, or staying at home to rebuild homes and villages shattered by this year's earthquakes Jake Wallis Simons, meeting an unexpected number of Gaddafi fans on the streets of Accra, in Ghana and Maria Margaronis, who walks the site of a former prison camp in Albania with a man still marked by his years interned there. Photo: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro waves during the closing rally of the electorial campaign on December 3, 2015 in Caracas. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)