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President Donald Trump speaks during the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the US Military Academy at West Point football team in the Rose Garden of the White House, yesterday
CUBA’s government has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s latest threat to implement a “full and complete” blockade after accusing the Caribbean island of “controlling Venezuela.”
“If Cuban troops and militia do not immediately cease military and other operations for the purpose of causing death and destruction to the constitution of Venezuela, a full and complete embargo, together with highest-level sanctions, will be placed on the island of Cuba,” Mr Trump declared last week.
In response to Washington’s demand for the withdrawal of 20,000 Cuban soldiers from Venezuela, a statement by the Communist Party of Cuba branded Mr Trump’s remarks “a lie repeated without an ounce of shame by the Yankee government.” The only Cuban “troops” were, in fact, working alongside Venezuelans, and included specialists in health, sports, culture, education, communications, agriculture, food, industry, science, energy and transport.
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
