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Shadow boxing in the Caribbean: Why is the US cornering Venezuela?

The Foreign Desk

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This chapter explores how both Nicolás Maduro and Donald Trump use external threats to strengthen their political support at home. It discusses Maduro's creation of citizen militias to invoke nationalism and Trump's military escalations near Venezuela to amplify political tensions and rhetoric.

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