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As Maduro declares a state of emergency in Venezuela, accusing the US of plotting to subvert his rule, we revisit the US-supported coup that saw Chavez briefly ousted and relations between the two nations sour.

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El Commandante

Venezuela | 2004

His enemies accuse him of turning Venezuela into a Communist dictatorship. But is Chavez's vision of a socialist economy the new future of Latin America?

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Anatomy of a Coup

Venezuela | 2002

Featuring exclusive interviews with the key ringleaders and extraordinary archive footage - Chavez in jail arguing with his captors, secret meetings with the plotters and soldiers storming the presidential palace as plotters escape.

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When The World Became Mud

Venezuela | 1999

In December 1999 the Vargas tragedy, flash floods and debris flows, killed thousands in Venezuela. Dutch TV were the first to travel beyond Caracas. They brought back a story which for the first time illustrated the enormity of this disaster in the Venezuelan countryside.