What links Hezbollah and Venezuela?

US Secretary of State says terrorist cells drawn to embattled South American country

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A psoter shows former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez next to Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah
(Image credit: Ramzi Haidar/AFP/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s administration has sought to ratchet up pressure on embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by claiming his regime supports Iranian-backed Hezbollah cells operating in his country.

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