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Venezuela: Economic misery and political repression see half a million people leave Maracaibo
Fewer cars drive down the streets, and fewer criminals are around to steal them. Christmas dinners, once packed with noisy relatives, are lonely affairs aided by web cams. Nearly eight million people – more than one-fourth of the population – have fled …