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An immigration official observes a fuel tanker, cargo trailers and makeshift fencing, used as barricades by Venezuelan authorities attempting to block shipments entering from Colombia on the Tienditas International Bridge that links the two countries, yesterday
VENEZUELA vowed to fend off any armed attack after a huge shipment of weapons believed to be from Miami and destined for opposition groups was found by authorities yesterday.
Officials discovered 19 rifles, 118 magazines, 90 radios and six mobile phones inside a commercial cargo plane at Arturo Michelena international airport, near the northern Venezuelan city of Valencia.
Deputy Minister for Prevention and Citizen Security Endes Palencia said the arsenal had been found by the national guard and the customs and tax service after suspicions were raised over the plane’s cargo.
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
US baseless accusations of drug trafficking and the outrageous putting of a bounty on a president of a sovereign country do not bode well, reports PABLO MERIGUET