VENEZUELA has given two top US diplomats 48 hours to leave the country after they were accused of plotting a coup.
Newly re-elected President Nicolas Maduro told Todd Robinson and Brian Naranjo they were being expelled as a result of Washington’s interventionist policies, which he said were aimed at undermining Venezuela’s sovereignty.
He said he had evidence of Mr Robinson’s involvement in a “military conspiracy” against Venezuela, with the US embassy being used as a base to interfere in military, economic and political issues in an attempt to destabilise the country.
Concessions to Washington by the post-Maduro leadership in Caracas are designed to preserve the core of the Bolivarian Revolution not betray it, argue Roger D Harris, Francisco Dominguez and Mara Paez Victor. How the solidarity movement responds is critical
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



