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VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro has urged the armed forces to remain vigilant over “last-minute terrorist threats” from the outgoing Ivan Duque government in Colombia.
He warned the new military commands of the potential for its neighbouring country to be used as a launch pad for operations aimed at destabilising Venezuela in the coming weeks.
Mr Maduro told the police and armed forces they must be ready to counter-attack terrorist plans and defend “these times of recovery and growth that our beloved Venezuela is living.”
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
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
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA