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Donald Trump is openly threatening to end Venezuela’s regime. In doing so, he follows a 200-year-old principle of US foreign policy. But Maduro will not go away without a fight.
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As if there weren’t enough wars in the world, the conflict between them is getting worse United States and Venezuela. The USA have assembled a force of around 15,000 soldiers in the Caribbean and deployed their largest aircraft carrier. Since September, the American Air Force has sunk more than 20 boats belonging to alleged “narco-terrorists,” killing at least 95 people. Last week the USA deployed a tanker with more than 100,000 barrels of crude oil destined for Cuba and China. “Murderers! Thieves! Pirates,” says the regime in Caracas indignantly.
