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    At Trump's behest, South American countries set to invoke rarely used treaty against Venezuela

    by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Sep 23, 2019 3 minutes

    UNITED NATIONS - At U.S. urging, leaders from numerous South American countries convened Monday, prepared to step up pressure on Venezuela's socialist government by taking the rare action of invoking a regional mutual-defense treaty.

    More than a dozen foreign ministers led by Colombia were scheduled to attend the meeting at the margins of the United Nations General Assembly to plot additional actions aimed at ousting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

    By invoking the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, also known as the

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