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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro accused Washington of trying to turn his inauguration ceremony into a war as world leaders gathered in Caracas to see the Bolivarian leader sworn in.
He pledged that his government would “promote the changes that are needed in Venezuela, to defend the right to peace and respect for the constitution.”
But he warned of continued attempts to undermine democracy and the Venezuelan people with threats of military intervention, coups and an failed assassination attempt last year.
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
