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Venezuela: How we got here
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Two men have governed Venezuela in the last 25 years: Hugo Chavez, and Nicolas Maduro. During the nearly 13 years that Maduro has been in power, Venezuela lost 72 percent of its economy. CNN's Rafael Romo looks at how this may have led to his ouster.

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Venezuela: How we got here
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Fireworks launched by opponents of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro land near Bolivarian National Guard armored vehicles loyal to Maduro, during an attempted military uprising in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with a small contingent of heavily armed troops in a call for the military to rise up. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Juan Guaidó leads latest uprising in Venezuela
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TOPSHOT - A member of the Bolivarian National Guard supporting Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido throws a tear gas canister during a confrontation with guards loyal to President Nicolas Maduro's government in front of La Carlota military base in Caracason April 30, 2019. - Guaido said on Tuesday that troops had joined his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro as the government vowed to put down what it called an attempted coup. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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See chaos underway in Venezuela
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CARACAS, VENEZUELA - APRIL 06: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido attends a rally with supporters on April 6, 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, recognized by many members of the international community as the country's rightful interim ruler, called for protests throughout Venezuela to put pressure on Nicolas Maduro to resign as part of the Operacion Libertad plan. As an answer to this, Diosdado Cabello, head of the National Constituent Assembly conducts another demonstration. On April 2nd, National Constituent Assembly has backed a Supreme Court request to strip Juan Guaido of his immunity. (Photo by Marco Bello/Getty Images)
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Understanding Venezuela's political crisis
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Amid blackouts, skyrocketing prices, shortage of food, medicine and transportation, Venezuelans go to elections next May 20 anguished to survive one of the worst crisis in the oil country.
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This once-rich oil region is crumbling
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Corruption in Venezuela has created a cocaine super-highway to the US
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A patient lays on a bed inside the Ana Teresa de Jesus Ponce maternity hospital in Macuto, Venezuela, on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Venezuela's healthcare system, a shining example in Latin America back when the government had the money for ambitious programs, has been crumbling for many years: nearly half the country's doctors have left and hospital regularly go without the necessary equipment needed to fully function. Photographer: Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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In Venezuela, hospitals are more dangerous than homes
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