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Live Updates The president threatened Colombia’s president and reiterated interest in Greenland as Venezuela’s Maduro prepares to face judge in New York
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Protestors gathered worldwide to denounce the US military intervention in Venezuela that removed Nicolás Maduro from power.
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For months as the US military prepared to strike Venezuela, many Cubans have asked a simple, if disconcerting, question: “Are we next?”
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Tourists visiting have been stranded after the FAA closed airspace over the Caribbean in response to the U.S. military operation that saw Venezuelan President Nicolas Máduro, and his wife Cilia Flores captured and sent to the United States.

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