In early 2017 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announcedmoves that would turn the world's most oil-rich nation from ademocracy into a dictatorship. This sparked a crisis, ignitinglongstanding anger over inequality, misrule, hunger andcrime. VICE founder Suroosh Alvi and correspondent Ben Andersontraveled to Venezuela as Maduro seized the country's politicalinstitutions with an alleged "sham election" and violentlysuppressed growing opposition to his rule.
