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Venezuela celebrate their victory over Argentina
INTERNATIONAL politics is likely to overshadow tonight’s friendly between Venezuela and Catalonia in Spain.
Venezuela’s manager offered his resignation over the political use of his national team, while Catalonia — which is in the middle of an independence dispute with Spain — will be missing players because some non-Catalan teams didn’t release them.
Venezuela is coming off a convincing 3-1 win over Lionel Messi’s Argentina last Friday, but what attracted most of the attention after the friendly was an announcement by Venezuela manager Rafael Dudamel.
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
