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Now is the time to finally end Britain and the US’s illegal sanctions on Venezuela
Under pressure, the US is seeking to re-engage with Venezuela, totally undermining Juan Guaido and the regime-change agenda pursued under Trump in its sudden desperation for oil, reports KEN LIVINGSTONE

DESPERATE times breed desperate measures. In a shock development, parts of the international corporate media are reporting that the US has approached the Venezuelan government with a view to buying oil to shore up its domestic market and avert an energy crisis.

The US is currently experiencing substantial hikes in gasoline and diesel prices following its ban on imports of Russian oil in retaliation for the war in Ukraine.

The bilateral talks are the first to take place since President Nicolas Maduro broke off diplomatic relations between the two countries in January 2019 in protest against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s “interim president.”

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