In this episode Lev speaks with Professor Gabriel Hetland about the economic situation in Venezuela. We discuss President Maduro's recent reelection, the Chavez legacy, and what the New York Times gets wrong in its coverage of the country. Professor Hetland's work on Venezuela and Latin American politics has been published in Qualitative Sociology and Latin American Perspectives, The Nation, Jacobin, In These Times, Nacla and teleSUR.
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