A Colony? An Occupation? No One Knows What to Call Venezuela

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Confused about what, exactly, the United States has planned for Venezuela? You’re in very good, mighty large company.

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Around Washington, even those who have gotten briefed by the Trump Administration’s most-senior hands overseeing the operation cannot convincingly describe it. The D.C. set lacks a vocabulary to detail what has happened...