RAMZY BAROUD sees Gaza abandoned while the genocide continues
President Nicolas Maduro ordered the recall this week of Venezuela's ambassador to Spain, citing Madrid's unacceptable interference in his country's affairs.
Mario Isea Bohorquez returned to Caracas "for consultations" after conservative Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy met Lilian Tintori.
Tintori is the wife of far-right Venezuelan activist Leopoldo Lopez who faces serious charges of arson, terrorism, homicide and conspiracy.
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
US baseless accusations of drug trafficking and the outrageous putting of a bounty on a president of a sovereign country do not bode well, reports PABLO MERIGUET



