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US threatens Venezuela with possible invasion after Guaido's failed coup
Chavista workers' day march to Miraflores Palace in Caracas today
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WASHINGTON ratcheted up hostility against Venezuela today, threatening a possible invasion a day after a failed attempt to trigger an armed insurrection in Caracas.
Belligerent US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that military intervention was a possibility “if that’s what is required” as the usurper Juan Guaido called for more demonstrations in the Venezuelan capital.
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