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Vice President of Venezuela Jorge Rodriguez shows a video of American Airon Berry, a former US special forces soldier associated with the Florida-based private security firm Silvercorp USA, during a televised statement in Caracas, Venezuela
VENEZUELAN opposition figure Juan Guaido’s United States-based advisers have quit in the fallout of the latest bungled coup attempt, his press team acknowledged on Monday.
Mr Guaido, who continues to deny involvement in the plot against the Venezuelan government, thanked Juan Rendon and exiled legislator Sergio Vergara for their “dedication and commitment to Venezuela” but did not give a reason for their departure.
The pair were part of Mr Guaido’s so-called strategic committee, which was established in 2016 to explore ways to topple the democratically elected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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 British government won’t confirm wide reports it has withheld intelligence sharing with the US over fears Trump’s attacks on boats near Venezuela are illegal, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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