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THE European Parliament awarded its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought yesterday to Venezuelan rightwingers bent on overthrowing the government.
The prize went to “political prisoners” including extremist Popular Will party leader Leopoldo Lopez and several of his followers.
Guy Verhofstadt of the parliament’s ALDE liberal group said: “This award supports the fight of democratic forces for a democratic Venezuela.”
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
