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THE Organisation of American States (OAS) baulked at suspending Venezuela on Tuesday in support of its right-wing opposition.
It was the second time the Washington-based body had foiled Secretary General Luis Almagro’s schemes to invoke its Democratic Charter against Caracas.
A vote on the move — called by the US, Canada and a dozen right-wing regional governments — was abandoned in face of opposition from Venezuela’s allies.
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
