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Former mayor of El Hatillo, Venezuela - David Smolansky

Former mayor of El Hatillo, Venezuela - David Smolansky

The Interview vor 8 Jahren

Why does Venezuela's opposition so consistently promise more than it delivers?

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HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to David Smolansky, anti-regime
activist who was the mayor of a district in Caracas until he fled
the country to escape a jail term for aiding last year’s street
protests. There was a time last year when it seemed President
Maduro's grip on power in Venezuela was loosening. Yet here we
are two months away from a presidential election with Maduro
oozing confidence and his opponents seemingly in disarray. Why
does Venezuela's opposition so consistently promise more than it
delivers?