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Is Venezuela's president afraid of a coup d'etat?

  • Written by Marco Aponte-Moreno, Assistant Professor of Global Business, St Mary's College of California
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the release of 39 political prisoners on June 1, 2018, as a sign of his administration's "goodwill."AP Photo/Fernando Llano

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab announced on June 11 that the government would release more political prisoners, the third such group offered clemency since President...

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