[Python] Reduce x newlines into x-1 newlines using regex

I have this text: ""Anna lives in Latin America.\n\nShe loves the vibes from the cities\n and the good weather.\n\n\nAnna is great"

And I want to reduce the x newlines into x-1 newlines. So the expected result is: "Anna lives in Latin America.\nShe loves the vibes from the cities and the good weather.\n\nAnna is great"

I tried this:

import re

def clean_text(text):
text = re.sub(r'\n{2,}', '\n', text)
return text
result = clean_text("Anna lives in Latin America.\n\nShe loves the vibes from the cities\n and the good weather.\n\n\nAnna is great")
result


But it returns "Anna lives in Latin America.\nShe loves the vibes from the cities\n and the good weather.\nAnna is great", which not what I expected.

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