New Book on Venezuela Sheds Light on its Collapse and Ties to Russia

This photo released by the Venezuelan Miraflores presidential press office shows President Nicolas Maduro speaking over military equipment that he says was seized during an incursion into Venezuela.
( Miraflores presidential press office / AP Photo )

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