Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been declared the winner of a highly contentious election that sparked widespread protests and international criticism. Allegations of vote-rigging, nepotism and economic mismanagement have exacerbated unrest in the country. Economist Dany Bahar, associate professor of international and public affairs at Brown University's Watson Institute, discusses the dire economic situation facing ordinary Venezuelans, mismanagement in the state-owned oil sector and the impact of US sanctions.

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