Deputy of Venezuelas Voluntad Popular party - Juan Andres Mejia

Published: March 15, 2019, 3:06 a.m.

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Is there a way out of Venezuela\\u2019s protracted agony? Stephen Sackur speaks to Juan Andres Mejia, Deputy of Venezuela\\u2019s Voluntad Popular party. For millions of Venezuelans every day is a struggle for survival. This is an oil rich country where the shops are empty, the power is out and healthcare is collapsing. And politics offers little hope of salvation. The Maduro Government is clinging to the trappings of power while the country\\u2019s other self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido leads mass protests against him. Juan Andres Mejia is one of Guaido\\u2019s key allies in the Venezuelan parliament. Is there a way out of Venezuela\\u2019s protracted agony?

(Photo: Juan Andres Mejia. Credit: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)

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