Venezuela crisis resonates loudly in battleground Florida
By GARY FINEOUT, Associated Press
Published: February 3, 2019, 6:21pm
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ORLANDO, Fla. — As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro clings to power, many of the loudest American voices urging on the Trump administration in its campaign to push Maduro out are concentrated in one place: Florida.
Florida has a large number of anti-Maduro Venezuelans and Cubans and is also likely to be a critical battleground state in the 2020 race for the White House.
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