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Venezuela power struggle plunges nation into turmoil: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Catesby Holmes, Global Affairs Editor, The Conversation US
Can one country really have two presidents?AP Photo/Boris Vergara

Just days after Venezuela’s authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro survived a Jan. 21 military coup attempt, the leader of Venezuela’s opposition-dominated legislature declared himself the country’s interim president.

“I swear to formally assume the...

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