Direct U.S. involvement has rarely “resulted in long-term democratic stability,” said Christopher Sabatini, a senior fellow for Latin America at the London think tank Chatham House.
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Mr. Sabatini said key figures inside the administration, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, seem to have convinced Mr. Trump that the Maduro regime was as weak as it had ever been.
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