Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Every day, venezuela seems to get one step closer to economic and political chaos. Mass Anti Government protests have swept the country for the past month. Close to a0 people have been killed in clashes with President Maduros Armed Enforcers. The shops are short of food, hospitals low on medicine, something it seems, has got to give. My guest isjulio borges, speaker of the opposition controlled national assembly. Is the Chavista Socialist Revolution dying on its feet . Julio borges, in caracas, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. We have seen more than a0 days of mass protests on the streets and we see the violent clashes between protesters and the Armed Enforcers of President Maduro and we see the casualties, many injured and around a0 people, many of them very young, killed. How long can this go on . Well, listen, it is not only a5 days, we have been fighting for 18 years and a5 days. And we are fighting for democracy in venezuela and that
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Every day, venezuela seems to get one step closer to economic and political chaos. Mass Anti Government protests have swept the country for the past month. Close to a0 people have been killed in clashes with President Maduros Armed Enforcers. The shops are short of food, hospitals low on medicine, something it seems, has got to give. My guest isjulio borges, speaker of the opposition controlled national assembly. Is the Chavista Socialist Revolution dying on its feet . Julio borges, in caracas, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. We have seen more than a0 days of mass protests on the streets and we see the violent clashes between protesters and the Armed Enforcers of President Maduro and we see the casualties, many injured and around a0 people, many of them very young, killed. How long can this go on . Well, listen, it is not only a5 days, we have been fighting for 18 years and a5 days. And we are fighting for democracy in venezuela and that
And from amberley in west sussex, had wanted to be rid of hazel allison, so that he could inherit herfortune and then live with his 28 year old girlfriend. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports. For 30 years, david harris and Hazel Allenson were partners but harris had a secret. Ugne cekaviciute, a woman hed met in a brothel but he couldnt afford to wine and dine her. So harris tried to trick not one, not two, but three innocent men into becoming hitmen. His aim was to get rid of hazel and get his hands on their £800,000 house here in west sussex. Harris, on the left, was secretly recorded by one of the so called hitmen who was alarmed by the plan. I mean whatever happens, the £150 grand is there, thats yours. 0bviously whatever happens, it will look like an accident or a mugging gone wrong or something. Another of the supposed hitmen was duke dean, who met harris in london. Dean said he couldnt believe what harris wanted and went to the police. Did you get the impression he was s
And from amberley in west sussex, had wanted to be rid of hazel allison, so that he could inherit herfortune and then live with his 28 year old girlfriend. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports. For 30 years, david harris and Hazel Allenson were partners but harris had a secret. Ugne cekaviciute, a woman hed met in a brothel but he couldnt afford to wine and dine her. So harris tried to trick not one, not two, but three innocent men into becoming hitmen. His aim was to get rid of hazel and get his hands on their £800,000 house here in west sussex. Harris, on the left, was secretly recorded by one of the so called hitmen who was alarmed by the plan. I mean whatever happens, the £150 grand is there, thats yours. 0bviously whatever happens, it will look like an accident or a mugging gone wrong or something. Another of the supposed hitmen was duke dean, who met harris in london. Dean said he couldnt believe what harris wanted and went to the police. Did you get the impression he was s
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