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Venezuela is the country with the largest oil deposits, yet 3 in every 4 Venezuelan lives in extreme poverty. More than 7 million people are recorded as having left the country since 2015 in search of a better life, causing the largest ever displacement of people in Latin American history. And it’s only surpassed in numbers by those people leaving Ukraine.
Contributors:
Presenter: Tanya Beckett
(Oil spills over a hand and river in Venezuela. Credit: John Harper/Getty Images)
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Venezuela is the country with the largest oil deposits, yet 3 in every 4 Venezuelan lives in extreme poverty. More than 7 million people are recorded as having left the country since 2015 in search of a better life, causing the largest ever displacement of people in Latin American history. And it’s only surpassed in numbers by those people leaving Ukraine.
Contributors:
Presenter: Tanya Beckett
(Oil spills over a hand and river in Venezuela. Credit: John Harper/Getty Images)

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