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THE US Congress opened debates yesterday on punishing left-wing Nicaragua with a block on development loans for up to five years.
House of Representatives foreign affairs committee chair Ed Royce scheduled debate on a new draft of the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (Nica) from Florida Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Mr Royce led the charge in Tuesday’s Congress vote for new sanctions on Russia — over election meddling claims — that will force European countries to buy expensive US gas.
Claims that Nicaragua has abolished elections followed a headline that stripped Daniel Ortega’s remarks of their historical and political context. The full speech tells a different story, says BECCA RENK FOSTER
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
To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth