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Anti-government protesters stop a truck while blocking a highway with a small group of demonstrators who were returning from a demonstration called by self-declared ‘interim’ president Juan Guaido in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday
VENEZUELAN leader Nicolas Maduro ruled out new presidential elections today as he called on the international community to prevent a US-instigated civil war from erupting in the country.
In a televised address, the president spoke of the strength of revolutionary heroes Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez as he reminded Venezuelans of the country’s past struggles for independence.
Mr Maduro reaffirmed his commitment to dialogue with opposition forces but warned against the prospect of a foreign invasion, describing the calls from supporters of self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido as dangerous and having the potential to ignite a bloody civil war.
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
