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Oil Runs Short as Venezuelan Strikes Persist

Strikes and protests continue to cripple Venezuela. President Hugo Chavez sees his advantage in the polls slipping away. And supplies of oil run short -- a deep irony for one of the world's oil-exporting nations. Hear from NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Gerry Hadden.

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Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.