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VENEZUELAN counterintelligence agents arrested seven high-ranking military officers yesterday morning over an apparent coup plot.
The recently formed anticoup commando of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service also had an arrest warrant for former interior minister Major General Miguel Rodriguez.
The unit was formed just days before by new Vice-President Tareck El Aissami, who was appointed last week by President Nicolas Maduro with a special mandate to crack down on plotters.
Concessions to Washington by the post-Maduro leadership in Caracas are designed to preserve the core of the Bolivarian Revolution not betray it, argue Roger D Harris, Francisco Dominguez and Mara Paez Victor. How the solidarity movement responds is critical
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
