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Venezuela's socialists take control of once-defiant congress

by Joshua GoodmanJorge Rueda
| January 5, 2021 7:12 AM

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Parading giant portraits of Hugo Chavez and independence hero Simon Bolivar, allies of President Nicolas Maduro retook control of Venezuela's congress Tuesday, the last institution in the country it didn’t already control.

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