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Trump and Maduro refresh a complex relationship governed by self-interest and tainted by Venezuela election fraud

  • Written by Paul Webster Hare, Master Lecturer and Interim Director of Latin American Studies, Boston University
imageVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump's special envoy, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 31, 2025. Venezuela's presidential press office, via AP

In 2019, President Donald Trump recognized then-Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the country’s interim leader over Nicolás Maduro, who...

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