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VENEZUELA’S opposition controlled parliament passed a motion accusing socialist President Nicolas Maduro of “abandoning his post” on Monday.
The stunt by the Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mud) coalition of right-wing parties came as their hopes of regime change through a presidential recall referendum expired yesterday.
The constitution rules that even a successful plebiscite after that date would merely mean the vice-president would take over.
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
LEE BROWN highlights the latest attempts to undo progressive reforms instated during the presidency of Rafael Correa