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The operation involved at least three boats, though only one was captured. One of its commanders sent audio recordings to Venezuelan military and police WhatsApp groups, calling for troops to rebel and take to the streets. Alemán, a Venezuelan lawmaker now living outside the country, said Sunday he had been involved in Alcalá’s operation in Colombia since last year. He said the group had to “make some adjustments” after a shipment of weapons destined for the camps was seized by Colombian authorities in March. Alemán said the plan was for the boats to land at La Guaira, home to Venezuela’s...

Bill Clinton was recently in Saint Lucia celebrating the new solar farm that the Clintons were instrumental in erecting.

FRANKFORT — The co-founder of a consortium that hopes to manufacture cutting-edge electric car batteries in Glendale sounded upbeat Friday about the project’s chances of landing federal economic stimulus money — and he downplayed potential political hurdles. James J. Greenberger, who recently visited Kentucky to meet with officials and to attend the Kentucky Derby with Gov. Steve Beshear, said the National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries has received high-level attention. In fact, the Chicago attorney said that when the office of President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, called to ask him how much money would be needed to...