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Showdown in South America

October 07, 2019
GZERO Staff
Showdown in South America

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Colombian President Iván Duque will not be intimidated. Not by armed rebels within his own country or an antagonistic Venezuelan regime to his east. But in today's interview Ian Bremmer asks: At what point does military action become the only option? And on Puppet Regime, Trump experiences a bout of "impeachment insomnia."

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