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US Sanctions Venezuela Again to Prove Socialism Doesn’t Work

Shortly after self-declared president Juan Guaidó got a standing ovation at Trump's State of the Union address, United States officials promised more sanctions on Venezuela. Why?

By Gregory Wilpert - TRNN
Feb 14th 2020 at 2.26pm
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