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Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez, evading arrest in a Spanish diplomatic residence, on Thursday disclosed he met with senior military officials before a failed uprising against President Nicolas Maduro this week. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GWzCUm

The United States in January imposed sanctions on Venezuela's most important global business - producing and selling crude oil - as the Trump administration ratcheted up its bid to force socialist president Nicolas Maduro out of power. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Y0aqlJ

Several thousand supporters of Albania's opposition parties blocked national roads in a dozen towns on Thursday evening, the latest in three months of protests to try to push the government to accept snap elections. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GTABU7

Colombian lawmakers on Thursday said they will ask a high court to rule on the legality of a Senate vote this week on whether to make changes to a special tribunal tasked with trying former rebels and military officials for war crimes. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GZwp6B

Security forces in Benin's capital Cotonou on Thursday fired weapons to disperse crowds protesting against the exclusion of opposition parties from last Sunday's parliamentary election, Reuters witnesses said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JcDeDs

Kimberly Strassel: AG Barr gets attacked because his probe endangers powerful people The only thing uglier than an angry Washington is a fearful Washington. And fear is what’s driving this week’s blitzkrieg of Attorney General William Barr.

Daniel Davis: US troops should stay out of Venezuela – military intervention would fail America shouldn't send troops to Venezuela because we have a history of failure when we try to impose regime change.