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A woman walks past an image of the Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar, to cast her ballot during a voting drill at the "Fermin Toro" high school in El Silencio neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro called for vigilance on Saturday as he warned of a US terror plot aiming to disrupt national election campaigning in November.
The Bolivarian leader claimed the operation also hoped to influence the outcome of this week’s US presidential election with incumbent Donald Trump trailing his Democrat rival Joe Biden in the polls.
It is thought that the so-called swing states, including Florida, with its large Latino population, are key in the race to the White House and victory there could boost Mr Trump’s floundering campaign.
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
