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Maduro's gone, but Venezuela's human rights crisis remains

The fallout from the US attack on Venezuela and the focus on oil interests have largely eclipsed urgent concerns about the country's entrenched human rights abuses and democratic erosion.

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Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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