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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Venezuela welcomes Trump-loving US TV channel in ‘marriage of convenience’

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The Newsmax set at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 16 July 2024. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

In the days after Nicolás Maduro was abducted by US special forces, hundreds of journalists from as far away as Japan flocked to Colombia’s border with Venezuela hoping to witness the fallout from one of the most dramatic moments in South America’s recent history. None were granted visas to enter. Those who tried to do so anyway were detained and thrown out.

But last weekend a team of reporters was finally allowed to visit Caracas.

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