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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, United Socialist Party of Venezuela lawmaker Hugo Carvajal speaks during an interview at the National Assembly administrative offices, in Caracas, Venezuela. Carvajal, Venezuela's longtime spy chief was arrested Friday, April 12, 2019 in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a United States warrant for the alleged trafficking of tons of cocaine. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

The rise and fall of former Venezuelan spymaster ‘El Pollo’

By ARITZ PARRA and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Venezuela's opposition leader and self-proclaimed Interim President Juan Guaido, center, greets merchants at the Free Market in Maracay, Aragua's State, Saturday, August 31, 2019. Venezuelan officials say they have proof of paramilitary training camps operating in neighboring Colombia where groups are plotting attacks to undermine President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Andrea Hernandez)

Maduro alerts Venezuela military, citing Colombian threat

By SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

Venezuela's opposition leader and self proclaimed president Juan Guaido, greets the crowd during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 27, 2019. The Trump administration has added Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza to a Treasury Department sanctions target list as it increases pressure on Guaido's opponent, embattled President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: Guaido calls for more street protests Wednesday

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First lady Melania Trump, accompanied by President Donald Trump, smiles as she speaks in front of a Venezuelan American community at Florida Ocean Bank Convocation Center at Florida International University in Miami, Fla., Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, as Trump speaks out against President Nicolas Maduro's government and its socialist policies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Maduro says Trump sounds almost Nazi-like

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro dances with his wife Cilia Flores, during a pro-government demonstration in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.Venezuela's opposition is calling supporters into the streets across the country in a campaign to break the military's support of President Nicolas Maduro. The demonstrations come after more than a month of pressure led by opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido, while Maduro remains firmly in power and at the military's helm. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Nicolas Maduro Venezuela exit stalls as military fails to back Juan Guaido

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

Opposition National Assembly President Juan Guaido holds up a raised fist as he waits to speak at a conference on economic plans for reviving the country at Venezuelan Central University, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. An independent U.N. human rights monitor says economic sanctions are compounding a &quot;grave crisis&quot; in Venezuela. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

AP Interview: Venezuela’s Guaido vows to defy ban on aid

By MANUEL RUEDA and CLBYBURN SAINT JOHN - Associated Press

National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listens during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump hits Venezuela with new sanctions as U.S. steps up pressure on Nicolas Maduro

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

People gather for a homage to Miguel Castillo at the spot where he died yesterday in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 11, 2017. Castillo, 27, was killed during an anti-government protest when security forces dispersed thousands of people marching to the Supreme Court to reject a government initiative to rewrite the constitution. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Attorney: At least 65 Venezuelan military members detained

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Demonstrators take cover form clouds of tear gas fired by the Bolivarian National Police during an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Thursday dawned with two more opposition politicians, San Cristobal Mayor Daniel Ceballos and San Diego Mayor Enzo Scarano, behind bars. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a student-called protest of several thousand people in Caracas, some of those demonstrating against the arrests of the mayors. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuelan institutions unite against opposition

By HANNAH DREIER - Associated Press