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Venezuela crisis resonates loudly in battleground Florida

By GARY FINEOUT, Associated Press
Published: February 3, 2019, 6:21pm
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Vice President Mike Pence, left, shakes Pedro Mena’s hand at Iglesia Doral Jesus Worship Center during a round table discussion on the political crisis in Venezuela on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in Doral, Fla. Mena was handing over a folder to Pence with actions recommended by a group of Venezuela exiles in Miami.
Vice President Mike Pence, left, shakes Pedro Mena’s hand at Iglesia Doral Jesus Worship Center during a round table discussion on the political crisis in Venezuela on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in Doral, Fla. Mena was handing over a folder to Pence with actions recommended by a group of Venezuela exiles in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Photo Gallery

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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