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Nation Nov 05

Ex-military defense contractor behind Navy bribery scandal sentenced to 15 years

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Nation Dec 21

Venezuela's government to push oil exploration in disputed territory
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Fugitive defense contractor returned to U.S. in prisoner swap with Venezuela

Leonard Francis, known as "Fat Leonard," was a defense contractor at the center of a huge scandal within the U.S. Navy. He is part of a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Venezuela announced Wednesday and was returned to the…

By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn

World Dec 20

Alex Saab, who was facing U.S. bribery charges, is received by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Miraflores Palace
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The significance of the prisoner swap between the U.S. and Venezuela

In a historic prisoner swap, ten Americans are headed home after the U.S. freed a top ally of Venezuelan President Maduro. Six of the Americans were judged "wrongfully detained" by the State Department. The Maduro government also agreed to free…

By Amna Nawaz, Teresa Cebrián Aranda

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