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Britain's dirty war on Venezuela at UN revealed
Diplomats sabotaged socialist country's security council candidacy
BRITISH diplomats thought it would be “ghastly” if Venezuela won a seat on the UN security council and plotted an “aggressive” campaign against its candidacy, it has emerged.
The sinister incident exposes Britain’s “long-standing” hostility towards Venezuela’s left-wing leaders, according to eminent historian Mark Curtis.
He unearthed the evidence while researching a WikiLeaks trove of US embassy cables.
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