Another Gloomy Year Ahead for Venezuela

January 9, 2017 by Lucia Conti

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2016 has closed as the worst year for Venezuela so far. But 2017 is likely to beat this gloomy record if President Maduro does not manage to find a solution for the country, a solution that seems more and more cumbersome to achieve by the day.

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Another Gloomy Year Ahead for Venezuela