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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
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The regime is opening up the economy, but its political moves lack credibility

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

The democratic opposition is left out in the cold

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

They explain the country’s slide from democracy to dictatorship

Lessons from history for Venezuela and Iran