The strongman leader of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, was due to attend a heads of state summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Buenos Aires on Monday. Maduro planned to hold important bilateral talks and use the podium to advance his anti-American agenda. Moments before departing Caracas, however, he sent his newly appointed foreign minister instead.

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