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Venezuela's Former Chief Prosecutor Accuses President Maduro of Corruption

Luisa Ortega says Maduro and other senior politicians in Venezuela accepted large bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company.

Luisa Ortega says Maduro and other senior politicians in Venezuela accepted large bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company. We get the latest from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Daniel Garcia Marco in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. Also in the programme: Samsung has unveiled its latest smartphone, the Note 8. We hear from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondent Michelle Fleury, who attended the launch in New York. Rob Young is joined throughout the programme by Madhavan Narayanan, a freelance writer in Delhi, and entrepreneur and author August Turak from North Carolina.
(Picture: Venezuela's former chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega. Credit: EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images)

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