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WASHINGTON sent veteran diplomat Thomas Shannon to Venezuela on Tuesday for talks with government and opposition figures.
He will meet members of the right-wing Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mud) coalition that dominates parliament and with United Socialist Party President Nicolas Maduro.
“I think it is very good that we are taking these steps with the US,” Mr Maduro said. “I only wish the Venezuelan opposition would engage in serious, transparent dialogue in the same way.
Concessions to Washington by the post-Maduro leadership in Caracas are designed to preserve the core of the Bolivarian Revolution not betray it, argue Roger D Harris, Francisco Dominguez and Mara Paez Victor. How the solidarity movement responds is critical
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
