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Jon and Matt were honored to be joined by Leonardo Flores to discuss some of the many misconceptions that have been propagated by the US government about Venezuela and the Chavista movement. Leonardo is the Latin America campaign coordinator and and analyst on U.S.-Venezuela relations for Code Pink His writing has appeared in Common Dreams.
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- The US's weaponization of human rights against Venezuela
- The horrible effects of US sanctions on Venezuelans
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