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WASHINGTON threatened further sanctions against Venezuelan officials yesterday over President Nicolas Maduro’s announced desire to rewrite the constitution.
“What President Maduro is trying to do yet again is trying to change the rules of the game,” said Michael Fitzpatrick, who is deputy assistant secretary of state for western-hemisphere affairs.
“The actions that were taken yesterday may well give us new reasons for considering additional individualised sanctions.”
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
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth
