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The Biden administration is playing down threats of imminent military action from Venezuela against neighboring Guyana, telling reporters Monday that recently released satellite imagery reveal “small-scale” activity in “remote locations.” The White House response comes after a Washington-based think tank released the images over the weekend, leading to concern that Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro might follow through on weeks of threats to annex Essequibo, a large portion of Guyanan territory. “We’ve obviously been monitoring this closely ourselves. Our assessment is that whatever military mo…

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