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US threatens Venezuela with possible invasion after Guaido's failed coup
Chavista workers' day march to Miraflores Palace in Caracas today [twitter.com/venanalysis]

WASHINGTON ratcheted up hostility against Venezuela today, threatening a possible invasion a day after a failed attempt to trigger an armed insurrection in Caracas.

Belligerent US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that military intervention was a possibility “if that’s what is required” as the usurper Juan Guaido called for more demonstrations in the Venezuelan capital.

 

LIVE FROM VENEZUELA: Carnival atmosphere in Caracas on International Workers Day as Venezuelans show their support for Maduro, rejecting the US-backed coup attempt. #VivaVenezuela #VivaMaduro #HandsOffVenezuela #NoCoupInVenezuela @M_Star_Online pic.twitter.com/oDpHMkJP6z

— Steve Sweeney (@SweeneySteve) May 1, 2019

LIVE FROM VENEZUELA: We are not only defending a world that is possible but we are defending a world that is necessary” #HandsOffVenezuela #NoCoupInVenezuela #VivaVenezuela #VivaMasuro @M_Star_Online pic.twitter.com/2QFQZSwBfO

— Steve Sweeney (@SweeneySteve) May 1, 2019

LIVE FROM VENEZUELA: “We are defending our future. We are defending democracy. We want peace, we don’t want war.” #HandsOffVenezuela #NoCoupInVenezuela #VivaMaduro #VivaVenezuela @M_Star_Online pic.twitter.com/aPqMqc3peM

— Steve Sweeney (@SweeneySteve) May 1, 2019
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