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United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves 10 Downing Street yesterday
US SECRETARY of State Mike Pompeo has admitted that attempts to present a united front against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro were a facade for public consumption.
He was caught in a secret recording leaked by the Washington Post today saying that the “conundrum” of uniting the opposition had proved “devilishly difficult.”
“Since the day I became CIA director, this was something that was at the centre of what President Trump was trying to do: we were trying to support various religious ... institutions to get the opposition to come together,” he said.
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 British government won’t confirm wide reports it has withheld intelligence sharing with the US over fears Trump’s attacks on boats near Venezuela are illegal, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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