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Pedro Camacho

Marco Rubio Lauds U.S.-Backed Operation That Freed Venezuelan Opposition Members But Questions Still Remain

Embassy of the Republic of Argentina in the city of Caracas (Credit: Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Getty Images)

Five members of Venezuela's political opposition who spent over a year sheltered in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas have arrived safely in the United States following an operation that U.S. officials described as "precise."

The extraction, first informed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday, was praised by regional allies lile opposition leader María Corina Machado and the Argentine government as a major achievement for democratic efforts in Latin America.

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