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Mon Feb 25

Venezuela crisis: Trump threats to Maduro evoke bloody history of US intervention in Latin America

Written by Joseph J. Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Global Studies, Appalachian State University

An officer from Venezuela's National Guard lobs tear gas toward demonstrators during a standoff over humanitarian aid at the Colombian border on Feb. 23, 2019. Four protesters were killed.AP Photo/Fernando Llano

Violence erupted at the Venezuela-Colombia border over the delivery of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, killing four people and injuring 24 o...

Venezuela crisis: Trump threats to Maduro evoke bloody history of US intervention in Latin America

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