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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores wave to supporters during an event marking the anniversary of the coup that overthrew dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez in 1958, at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, January 23, 2022
HAPLESS Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido called for his supporters to take to the streets next month as he plans to unseat President Nicolas Maduro in the 2024 election.
He said that peaceful protests would take place across the country in a bid to oust Mr Maduro, although Mr Guaido has led numerous failed coup attempts.
“We are talking about organising ourselves from now, we’re talking about a presidential election,” he said at an event on Sunday evening.
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
