Latest editorial
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (right) meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 18, 2023
RUSSIA and Venezuela held high level talks in Caracas on Tuesday in a show of political and economic independence between the two nations.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil held a joint press conference in Caracas hours after the former arrived in the country in the second stop of a tour of four Latin American nations.
Both men vowed continued support for each other’s country and condemned the economic sanctions Washington has imposed on them.
Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
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