Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a baby as first lady Cilia Flores (right) applauds during a campaign rally in the parish of Catia in Caracas, Venezuela, last Friday
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro promised more revolution and less corruption as tests were carried out at polling stations across the country prior to elections due later this month.
Mr Maduro confirmed that his government was “against corruption and for revolution,” promising a clampdown on “financial mafias” that are attempting to destabilise Venezuela, siphoning millions of bolivars out of the country.
He accused the international press and social media networks of censoring Venezuela, preventing him from getting his message across to the people, but he vowed to “overcome this blockade.”
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
