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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference from Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, August 16, 2021
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro welcomed opposition forces’ commitment to renouncing violence as he laid out his government’s demands during peace talks on Monday.
A memorandum of understanding was reportedly signed as part of the negotiations in Mexico, and Mr Maduro said that his government remained ready and willing for talks with the United States.
But he warned that this must mean a dramatic shift in Washington’s attitude to the South American nation and a new respect for its national sovereignty.
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
