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VENEZUELAN rights campaigners have demanded justice and an end to Westminster “shenanigans” over sequestering of the country’s gold.
The Supreme Court is considering a case against the Court of Appeal’s recent overturning of an earlier judgement endorsing the British government’s recognition of failed Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaido as “interim president” of the country. Mr Guaido gave himself the title during an attempt to oust elected President Nicholas Maduro.
The decision would have allowed the Bank of England to release 31 tons of Venezuelan gold from its vaults, worth more than $1bn (£730m), to Mr Guaido.
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