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EUROPEAN Union foreign ministers imposed an arms sales ban on Venezuela yesterday and set up a system to direct asset freezes and travel restrictions against Venezuelan officials.
“These measures will be used in a gradual and flexible manner and can be expanded by targeting those involved in the non-respect of democratic principles or the rule of law and the violation of human rights,” the ministers said.
Sanctions could be reversed depending on how President Nicolas Maduro reacts to demands for “more democracy” and the release of political prisoners.
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
