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Nicholas Maduro’s presidency is facing a major threat in Venezuela, long-time Trump confidant Roger Stone has been charged with obstruction and witness tampering, and a crop of world leaders made its debut among the financial elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Cocaine, Payola: How Maduro Keeps Top Military Brass in LinePatricia Laya and Andrew Rosati map out the high-ranking Maduro allies who – according to the U.S. Treasury – are also drug runners and graft-schemers operating within the criminal enterprise that constitutes Venezuela’s government. Then the Shutdown HitThe day after Christmas, a hedge-fund manager who promised to never lose investors’ money was accused of stealing from his clients by U.S. regulators. Simone Foxman and Matt Robinson look at how the government shutdown has put the case on hold.
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