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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent

US wargames played out scenarios for Maduro’s fall. None of them ended well for Venezuela

Soldiers of the Venezuelan Army with faces painted with the flag march during a rehearsal parade
Simulations predicted a new exodus of refugees as citizens flee fighting but María Corina Machado says fears of violence ‘unfounded’. Photograph: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images

Nicolás Maduro is chased out of office by a massive popular revolt but the Venezuelan military takes to the streets, turning its guns on the civilians who have brought him down.

A palace coup sends Venezuela’s authoritarian leader into exile, sparking a bloody power struggle between members of his disintegrating regime.

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