... before Chavez came to power. A totally horrific place where a small ruling class lived a life of extreme wealth from the oil whilst 60 per cent of the population lived in poverty in shanti towns. Soldiers controlled checkpoints all over the country demanding money to allow us passed under threat of imprisonment on trumped up charges if we didn't comply. 
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Nominations for the 2025 Nobel Peace prize closed on the 31st.of January. He couldn't win it this year. It was instead won by a woman bravely fighting a vile socialist dictator who has taken Venezuela from one of the richest countries in South America to one of the poorest thanks to extreme socialist policies.
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