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Government supporters gather for a rally to protest against economic sanctions imposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump, in Caracas on Saturday August 10
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro confirmed that high-level talks have been held with the US for months, and said they would continue despite Washington’s near total economic blockade.
Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced the “criminal blockade” at the UN security council on Tuesday.
He also warned against Mr Trump’s “threats of establishing a naval blockade and use of force against the people of Venezuela.”
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
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth