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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...

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