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Scope and Contents On April 11 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was ousted from power but he was reinstated only 48 hours later amid allegations of U.S. involvement in the attempted coup. For Venezuelans the disruption in government is one more example of the economic and social divisions that threatened the stabilization of the country. Recently Latino USA correspondent Nina Alvarez traveled to Caracas, Venezuela for a firsthand view of how Venezuelans are copping and making sense of the events since April...