International Pressure on Venezuela Increases

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Foreign ministers from the Organization of American States meet in Washington DC on Wednesday to try and find a solution to the political and economic crisis in Venezuela. Professor Ricardo Hausmann of Harvard University assesses the situation. Also on the programme, India's latest GDP figures are out on Wednesday, Jyoti Malhotra, consulting editor at the Indian Express tells what to look out for. Drug overdoses are now the number one cause of injury-related deaths in the United States, according to the Atlanta-based Centres for Disease Control. Most are caused by prescription opioids, and one knock-on effect is that morgues are becoming overwhelmed. Adam Allington on the Marketplace programme in the US reports. And the BBC's Gavin Fischer reports on the threat to South Africa's small scale diamond miners, the Zama Zamas. The BBC's Fergus Nicoll is joined throughout the programme from Dehli by Jyoti Malhotra and from Washington DC by Adam Allington. They're also joined from Singapore by the BBC's Juiliana Liu. Picture credit:EPA