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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab meeting Venezuela's self-appointed ‘interim leader’ Juan Guaido at Foreign Office in London for talks in January
A HIGH COURT decision to withhold much needed financial support from Venezuela amounts to “slavishly following [US President] Trump’s illegal regime change agenda and nothing else,” campaigners said today.
The British government has “unequivocally recognised” opposition figure Juan Guaido as president of Venezuela, the High Court ruled today during a battle over the nation’s gold reserves, currently held by the Bank of England (BoE).
In order to help tackle the country’s coronavirus crisis, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) was taking legal action to release £800 million of gold bullion held on its behalf.
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
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth
