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PCV’s Carolus Wimmer: ‘In Venezuela we see a daily increase in capital's influence’
Discussing wages, healthcare and workers rights, Paul Dobson spoke to the Venezuelan Communist Party’s international secretary in the context of the CPB and YCL financial appeal for the besieged Latin American nation
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Paul Dobson: Much has been said about the “rupture” between the Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) and the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) in 2020. What were the subjective and objective political causes of this decision?
Carolus Wimmer: We wish to emphasise that the PCV’s policy is that of unity and the widest possible patriotic, democratic and anti-imperialist alliance and today the PCV continues to seek and struggle for unity.
Naturally, this is not a unity between political organisations, but a unity which looks at the people’s wellbeing and in defence of workers’ social and political rights. This policy continues to exist and in the current climate in which there is practically no contact between the PCV and PSUV, our call is always for us to come together and debate our different positions in search of solutions.
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