CAMPAIGNING began yesterday for elections to Venezuela’s new National Constituent Assembly — which the opposition has called on Venezuelans to boycott.
People from across the country converged on the capital Carracas for a demonstration in support of the process intended to find a way out of the country’s economic and political crisis.
Once formed, the assembly will have the power to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution.
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



