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As US intensifies its intervention in the country’s internal affairs, RICHARD IRONS warns about similar designs being prepared for the continents other progressive governments

If you remember one thing about Venezuela in the coming months, it is that the context to every story in the media is the Donald Trump administration cranking up intervention aimed at regime change. To give a clear example, a recent press leak revealed that US senators have submitted another Bill calling on the government to add more sanctions on Venezuela and to isolate it internationally.

According to a report on Venezuelanalysis.com, the senators recommend sanctions on those accused of “undermining democracy” or “corruption” as well as calling for a report from US intelligence services into the “involvement of senior officials of the government… the National Electoral Council, the judicial system, and security forces, in acts of corruption.” This report, they said, should also detail how these officials represent a threat to US “national security.”

US hostility since Trump’s election represents a continuation of intervention aimed at “regime change,” but also a ramping up of hostility.

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