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Maduro tries to leverage botched attempt to overthrow him

The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to depose Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as his country spirals deeper into economic and humanitarian disaster. But earlier in May, a seemingly private operation to invade and kidnap Maduro shocked everyone, it seemed, except Maduro himself. Nick Schifrin reports on the botched attempt and its implications for a country in collapse.

Maduro tries to leverage botched attempt to overthrow him

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