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The Colombian connection: US imperialism and Venezuela
OLIVER DODD explains that big business in Colombia has everything to gain from extending its war against the poor within its own borders to the fledgling socialist state that it neighbours
So far none of the repeated assassination and coup attempts against President Maduro and his left-wing government have succeeded in knocking the popularity of the administration among the poor
Welsh wanderings showcase fiery destruction, alternative water ways and revive memories of a local mining legend, writes MARK SEDDON
As thousands die in the eastern DRC, a global health emergency is being starved of funds, says S KRISHNASWAMY
MAT COWARD explains how in the 17th century a row over whether to kneel at communion became a battle over religion, class and royal power
Renewed illusions in social democratic reformism are sprouting as a result of Andy Burnham’s rhetoric, but material conditions are already intruding into the debate, argues NICK WRIGHT
Andy Burnham could learn a few lessons from a previous Labour government in the pre-privatisation era on how to tackle water shortages, writes KEITH FLETT
ON May 3, armed combatants arrived from Colombia to take prisoner or assassinate leading figures of Venezuela’s left-wing political leadership, including the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro.
Launched from Colombian coastlines regularly patrolled by the Colombian navy and close to a US military and navy base, the mercenaries invaded Venezuela with heavy weaponry and satellite technology — such satellite technology facilitates secure communication with intelligence operatives, employed systematically by the US and Colombia in their counterinsurgency operations against left-wing Colombian rebels.
According to one of the leaders of the mercenary group, Jordan Goudreau, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the owner of a private “security” company in Florida — where scores of wealthy right-wing Venezuelans have emigrated — the invading group numbered around 60 combatants and organised itself inside Colombia, although there were certainly many more people involved than this. The group also included, by the admission of Goudreau, former members of US Special Forces.
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