Commentary: In Venezuela, US military intervention is not the answer
by Ivo Daalder, Chicago Tribune
May 10, 2019
3 minutes
The Venezuelan opposition and its backers in Washington, D.C., are beginning to realize that regime change isn't all that easy to do. For the third time this year, the opposition tried on April 30 to oust Nicolas Maduro, the dictator who has run this once-rich South American country into the ground. The effort quickly fizzled, and Maduro remains in power, still enjoying the backing of the Venezuelan military and support of Cuba and Russia.
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