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THE US Congress opened debates yesterday on punishing left-wing Nicaragua with a block on development loans for up to five years.
House of Representatives foreign affairs committee chair Ed Royce scheduled debate on a new draft of the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (Nica) from Florida Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Mr Royce led the charge in Tuesday’s Congress vote for new sanctions on Russia — over election meddling claims — that will force European countries to buy expensive US gas.
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
To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth
The corporate media have been quick to point the finger over the murder of a Nicaraguan opposition figure, but where is the actual evidence, ask KELLY NELSON and ROGER D HARRIS