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WASHINGTON sent veteran diplomat Thomas Shannon to Venezuela on Tuesday for talks with government and opposition figures.
He will meet members of the right-wing Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mud) coalition that dominates parliament and with United Socialist Party President Nicolas Maduro.
“I think it is very good that we are taking these steps with the US,” Mr Maduro said. “I only wish the Venezuelan opposition would engage in serious, transparent dialogue in the same way.
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
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