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🇸🇦 Saudi scouts and a Ukraine swap

🇸🇦 Saudi scouts and a Ukraine swap

Saudi Arabia scouts the region for mining resources and expertise. The impact of Maduro’s fraud as the dust settles in Venezuela. And a macabre finding in a military base in Uruguay.

Ignacio Portes&Lucas Berti

Aug 28, 2024

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