TheVenezuelangovernmentofficialalsosaiditwasn't a militarycoupe, buthetoldtheReutersnewsagencythatitwasanotherchapterinanattemptedciviliancoupledbyVenezuela's oppositionpartyandsupportedbythe U. 12
Just a fewyearsago, signofFilipinorelationshitrockbottominmid 2016 afterManilatookBeijingtointernationalcourtoverartificialislandsChinahasbuiltandmilitarizednotfarfromtheFilipinocoast. 37
Aboutthattime, though, came a newpresident, RodrigoDuterte. 38