To illustrate how the once-critical Caracas daily El Universal has cozied up to Venezuela's socialist government in the wake of its sale in July, it helps to examine the newspaper's coverage of the current oil price plunge.
The more than 40 percent drop in the price of Venezuelan crude is terrible news for the government, which depends on petroleum for 96 percent of its export income and already faces food shortages and galloping inflation.
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