BRITAIN’S defence ministry today denied allegations it was involved in a plot to overthrow the Venezuelan government using a military base in Guyana to train armed militias.
The Star contacted the Ministry of Defence today regarding allegations made by the Russian Foreign Ministry which claimed to have uncovered secret British plans to arm Venezuelan refugees across the border.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that dozens of Venezuelans had arrived at a British military base in Guyana.
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



