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US envoy: “Maduro must wonder if there’s anyone … he can trustâ€

Elliot Abrams, US Special Representative for Venezuela, tells Newshour’s James Menendez why he thinks secret negotiations that reportedly took place between senior government officials and the opposition led by Juan Guaidó, ultimately failed to bring about President Nicolas Maduro’s ouster.

(Photo: US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliot Abrams. Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

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