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Venezuela says it has foiled a US-backed attempt to assassinate Maduro
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addresses government loyalists gathered at the presidential palace in support of his reelection one month after the presidential vote, in Caracas, Venezuela, Augut 28, 2024
SIX foreign nationals have been arrested in Venezuela after officials accused them of coming to the South American country to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro.
The arrests of three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech were announced on television by Diosdado Cabello, the nation’s interior minister.
Mr Cabello said the accused were part of what he described as a “United States Central Intelligence Agency-led plot” to overthrow the Venezuelan government and kill several members of its leadership.
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