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On March 12th, 2019, a woman cooks dinner at her house during a blackout, which affects the water pumps, in Caracas, Venezuela. Over 70 percent of the country was in darkness amid an ongoing political dispute between President Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaido, who has been declared interim president by the national assembly.

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It’s Corruption, Not Socialism, That Brought Down Venezuela

Four scholars explain why the failure of Venezuela is due to corruption—not to universal health care.