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VENEZUELA rejected the latest US attacks on its new legislative body on Saturday as Washington declared unwavering support for the opposition-held parliament.
The Foreign Ministry hit back at a US State Department statement attacking the newly elected National Constituent Assembly after it gave itself the powers to pass laws on Friday.
Washington said: “This power grab is designed to supplant the democratically elected National Assembly with an authoritarian committee operating above the law.
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
US baseless accusations of drug trafficking and the outrageous putting of a bounty on a president of a sovereign country do not bode well, reports PABLO MERIGUET