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Unit 6 AS2 News Journal

Unit 6 AS2 News Journal

Q Unit 6 AS2: News Journal Students will relate historical themes covered in the unit to contemporary society. News Journal 6: Monitor an international news outlet (For example, any of the following: New York Times; the BBC; The Wall Street Journal; The Washington Post or National Public Radio for stories that are global in context. For this unit select an article that relates to democracy and/or political revolution. Read it, post the link here, and write a short news journal entry (250-350 words) relating the content of the article to the themes explored in your readings. Submit the journal entry as a Word document.

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Title: How the Venezuela crisis escalated Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36319877 Summary: President Nicolás Maduro's government and the opposition in Venezuela are locked in a fierce power battle. For years, the country has been facing rising political unrest fueled by spiraling hyperinflation, power outages, and food and medication shortages. This has resulted in more than 5.6 million Venezuelans leaving the country in recent years. Nicolás Maduro is considered the legitimate president by certain countries, while Juan Guaidó is supported by others. Maduro, predictably, did not take it kindly and denounced it as a plot by the US to depose him and declared that he was and would stay the legitimate president