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Venezuela’s crime-ridden capital was once a thriving metropolis and residents hope the Hugo Chávez park signals a return to better times.
Nicolás Maduro has vowed to limit profiteering and to strengthen price controls after receiving special powers from the country’s national assembly.
Venezuelan revolutionary Carlos the Jackal faces fresh charges over 1980s bomb attacks, but jail has only strengthened his beliefs, his brother says.
Having prioritised development over profits, the state’s oil production has dipped.
