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Venezuela Brands Rubio A 'Thief' Over US Jet Seizure

US officials place a 'seized' sign on a Venezuelan government airplane in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Credit: AFP)

Venezuela on Friday slammed the US seizure of one of its government planes as "brazen theft" and branded President Donald Trump's top diplomat a "thief" as Washington renewed its hard line on Nicolas Maduro's regime.

On a visit to the Dominican Republic on Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio supervised the second seizure by the United States of an aircraft belonging to Venezuela's socialist government in less than a year.

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