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WASHINGTON slapped sanctions on Venezuelan Vice-President Tareck El Aissami on Monday following media claims that he was involved in drug trafficking.
US Treasury Department sanctions also targeted Samark Lopez, a wealthy Venezuelan businessman accused of laundering money for Mr Aissami, and 13 of his companies.
The Venezuelan government did not immediately respond, but Mr Lopez branded the measures “politically motivated.”
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
