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‘Feels like an illusion’: how Trump seizing Maduro has changed little in Venezuela
Some feel optimistic change will come, but for many it’s business as usual for the movement Hugo Chávez started When Ángel Linares heard a strange buzz followed by an explosion, his first thought was that neighbours were setting off fireworks to celebrate the new year. Then his windows shattered, the building’s walls shook and its facade was ripped off, sending him flying on to the ground of an apartment suddenly reduced to rubble. His 85-year-old mother, Jesucita, feared Venezuela’s northern coast had been devastated by an earthquake, like the one she remembers from 1967. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘Feels like an illusion’: how Trump seizing Maduro has changed little in Venezuela, Some feel optimistic change will come, but for many it’s business as usual for the movement Hugo Chávez started When Ángel Linares heard a strange buzz followed by an explosion, his first thought was that neighbours were setting off fireworks to celebrate the new year. Then his windows shattered, the building’s walls shook and its facade was ripped off, sending him flying on to the ground of an apartment suddenly reduced to rubble. His 85-year-old mother, Jesucita, feared Venezuela’s northern coast had been devastated by an earthquake, like the one she remembers from 1967. Continue reading…
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- ‘Feels like an illusion’: how Trump seizing Maduro has changed little in VenezuelaThe Guardian - 2026-05-17T05:00:29+00:00
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