Venezuela's self-declared ‘interim leader’ Juan Guaido speaks to supporters during a gathering to propose amnesty laws for police and military, at a public plaza in Las Mercedes neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela
EUROPEAN leaders have shown themselves eager to join forces with United States imperialists in their push for regime change in Venezuela, issuing democratically elected President Nicolas Maduro an ultimatum giving him eight days to call an election.
France, Germany and Britain have sided with the US Trump regime, backing Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who issued a statement sayign: “We want democracy and free elections in Venezuela.
“I want to state absolutely clearly that if within eight days, fair, free and transparent elections are not called in Venezuela, Spain will recognise Juan Guaido [the leader of Venezuela’s sidelined National Assembly and self-declared “interim president”] as president.”
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
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth