| Why go-for-broke uprising in Venezuela is getting loud US support Posted: 30 Apr 2019 02:15 PM PDT ![Why go-for-broke uprising in Venezuela is getting loud US support]( "Why go-for-broke uprising in Venezuela is getting loud US support") In an early morning tweet in support of the boldest attempt yet by Juan Guaidó, Venezuela's self-declared "legitimate president," to seize power, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio issued a do-or-die message to the South American country's beleaguered people. The Republican senator, who has been a fervent instigator of and cheerleader for the Trump administration's monthslong campaign to replace the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro with Mr. Guaidó, may very well be right. Ever since Mr. Guaidó declared himself interim president in January, the youthful opposition leader has been campaigning for Venezuela's traumatized population to join him in taking their country back from Mr. Maduro's failing and increasingly authoritarian governance.
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| How gratitude can ease Japan-South Korea frictions Posted: 30 Apr 2019 11:47 AM PDT ![How gratitude can ease Japan-South Korea frictions]( "How gratitude can ease Japan-South Korea frictions") Japan and South Korea are in a major dispute over their shared history, specifically whether Japan should compensate Korean laborers used during Japan's colonial rule of the peninsula. It is a welcome surprise, then, that South Korean President Moon Jae-in has sent a letter to Japanese Emperor Akihito, who retired from the throne April 30. Mr. Moon also said his government might send a delegation for the coronation of the new emperor, Naruhito, in October.
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| Art of the steal: European museums wrestle with returning African art Posted: 30 Apr 2019 07:50 AM PDT ![Art of the steal: European museums wrestle with returning African art]( "Art of the steal: European museums wrestle with returning African art") A dozen teenagers in matching burgundy school uniforms crane their necks toward a floor-to-ceiling display inside the National Museum here in Benin City.
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